sick person; patient; invalid
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
gummi; gummi candy; gummi drop
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
winning streak; good time to make a profit
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to miss (one's chance to ...)
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
laser; Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
working; in operation; running; active
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
birth; creation; formation
shopping; purchased goods
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
it's probably so; it stands to reason
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
item; something that one "just has to have"
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer