to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
adoration; admiration; devotion
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
decision; determination; resolution
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
fake; something false; sham; deception
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
covered with; stained; smeared
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
limp; imbalance; unfavorable progress; unfavourable progress
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
to stop in the midst of; to leave undone