first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
conference room; council room
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
tin badge; button badge; button pin
keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to pick up; to find; to gather
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
one thin flat object; one sheet
secret admirer; closet fan
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to jar; to creak; to grate
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
emergency; extraordinary; unusual