beautiful woman; (a) beauty
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
useless; no good; hopeless
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
use; utilization; utilisation; application
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
all; entire; whole; altogether
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
your husband; her husband