recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
time; hour; period; class
how long; how much; to what extent
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
instant; moment; for an instant
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to need; to demand; to take; to require
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
company; corporation; workplace
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged