safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
back off!; leave me alone!
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
general; popular; common; typical
person of common sense; common sense man
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
sponge gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca); Egyptian cucumber; loofah (bath sponge); loofa; worthless thing; insignificant thing
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
fully prepared; all ready
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to be able to manage somehow or other
willpower; energy; vitality
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
school camp; outdoors school
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to be exhausted; to be worn out
penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown