zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
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
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
surroundings; environs; circumference
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble