merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
aptitude; aptness; suitability
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
maintaining the status quo
interference; meddling; butting in
cracks or fissures in the ground
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
street performer (comedian)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
by myself; in person; by oneself
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
likability; favorability; popularity
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat