to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
foreign (exchange) student; international student
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
father; dad; husband; you; he
chicken katsu; chicken cutlet
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
cabbage roll; stuffed cabbage
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
originally; by nature; from the start
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
molester; groper; masher; pervert
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
senior high school student
neighbourhood; neighborhood
grandfather; male senior-citizen
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
shopping; purchased goods