cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
plants and animals; flora and fauna
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to concern; to be related
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
opening a business; opening a practice
successive generations; successive emperors
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
... years old; age (of) ...
woman who missed the chance of getting married (because she is too old)
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)
reopening; resumption; restarting