secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
quick work; (clever) feat
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
education; training; discipline
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
conduct; behavior; behaviour; being pregnant
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself