tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
even though; despite; when
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer; rug; carpet
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over