number one; first; best; most; game; round
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
genius; prodigy; natural gift
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
income; receipts; revenue
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several years; a few years
unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be worried; to be troubled
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
honorific/polite/humble prefix
strength; power; proficiency; ability
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
function; facility; faculty; feature
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
writing (e.g. as a profession)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so