light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
all (there is); as long as there is
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
all; entire; whole; altogether
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
consequence; outcome; result; blame
reality; actuality; hard fact
to accept; to receive; to agree
loveable; very likeable; like very much