attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
indicate reason; infers some protest
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
release; emission; ejection
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
is never the case; has never happened
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
insertion slot (e.g. coins, tickets); input port
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
way; method; means; resource; course
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
keeping silent; saying nothing at all