substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
labor; labour; manpower; working force
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to become possible; to become able to (do)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
participation; joining; entry; adherence
will not do; do not; does not
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
manners and customs; folkways; usage
one way or the other; either way
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part