return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; loss of face
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
function; facility; faculty; feature
all (there is); as long as there is
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to look around; to survey
forcibly; against one's will
than; other than; except; but
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
whichever one chooses; either way
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")