grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to collect; to assemble; to gather
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
sealing hermetically; sealing (up)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
oak; orc (fictional humanoid creature); ork
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together