duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
with a friendly grin; smilingly
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
twice; again; second time
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
woman; female; feminine gender
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
heir; inheritor; successor
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
being interested in somebody (only) for sex
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
rather; better; instead; if anything
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)