use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
if you think about it; come to think of it
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
function; facility; faculty; feature
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
alien (from another planet)
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
bone conduction; osteophony
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
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 push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
right beside; close to; nearby
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening