polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
tedious; boring; being fed up with
while; during; while; although; all; both
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle