true; real; genuine; proper; utter
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
number of characters; number of letters; word count
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to blow off; to be blown off
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
freedom; free man; free woman
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
manual transmission; MT; megaton; megatonne; magnetic tape; master tape; medical technologist
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
failure; mistake; blunder
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway