to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
postponement; deferment; adjournment
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
weak point; unskillfulness
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
ago; since; before; previous
extended leave; long vacation
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
that; the matter in question
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to become frayed; to become loose
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to buy again; to buy anew
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite