truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
until now; so far; up to the present
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
older sister; lass; young lady
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
actor; actress; player; performer
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
(written) contract; agreement
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that