most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
welcome!; nice to see you!
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
waste of time; killing time
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
it seems so; that's what it looks like
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
trivial; not amounting to much
lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
killing time; staving off boredom
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
radical (of a kanji character)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
one example of (when there are more examples)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
earnings from a part-time job
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
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 read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)