nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to recall; to remember; to recollect
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to pass (of time); to elapse
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
(data) packet; mobile broadband data; package
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
to be needed; to be wanted
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
name; given name; first name
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")