contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
police officer; policeman; constable
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to have a talk; to tell a story
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
in the meanwhile; during the time
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to apologize; to apologise
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?