staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
to put to trial; to argue in court
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
notice; attention; observation
nice; good; well-executed
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
battlefield; battleground
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
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
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to drink up; to drain (cup)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to be too late; to be too slow
another time; some other time
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
no, not like that (but like this)
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
society; the world; the times
to gather; to collect; to assemble
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)