fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
dream for the future; hopes for the future
feeling; sense; impression
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
every month; each month; monthly
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
complimentary copy of a book
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
construction; establishment
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
reality; actuality; hard fact
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
failure; mistake; blunder
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
exemplar; model; example; pattern
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
prickling; stinging; tingling
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut