to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to spread; to be propagated
not caring; not giving a damn
number one; first; best; most; game; round
bento; Japanese box lunch
father; dad; husband; you; he
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
fortune-telling; divination
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
the other day; lately; recently
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
height (of body); stature
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
loveable; very likeable; like very much
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
to gather; to collect; to assemble
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
fishing industry; fishery
association; union; guild
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law