to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
stairs; stairway; staircase
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
street; quarter; district; area
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
very; much; greatly; a lot of
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
suffix for familiar person
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little