innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
work; business; company; study
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; dealing (a hit); striking (a blow)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
existence; possession; having; limited company
the reason is that ...; because
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
threatening (esp. voice, tone, words)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself