matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to do for (the sake of someone else)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
go that far; to that extent
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
memories; recollections; reminiscence
taste; palate; sense of taste
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
accurate; correct; precise; exact
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)