standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
diagnostic agent (esp. pregnancy test)
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
time and time again; many times; a number of times
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be forward; to be impertinent
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
living together; communal life; cohabitation
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
little finger; pinky; little toe
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
one's house; one's home; one's family
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)