to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
remote island; distant island; punishment by exile to a remote island
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
benefit and protection of the law; interests protected by law; legal benefit
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
death penalty; capital punishment
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!