early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
import; importation; introduction; afferent
last night; yesterday evening
to have a talk; to tell a story
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to drop; to lose; to let fall
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
in that way; like that; that way
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
it's no joke; gimme a break!