fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
at that time; in those days
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)