improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
living; lifestyle; living room
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
violent explosion; bursting
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another