necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
explosion; rupture; break off
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
(some) more; even more; longer; further