two (long cylindrical things)
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
6th day of the month; six days
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
to explain adequately; to be accountable
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
cram school; private tutoring school
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife