seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
feeling; sense; impression
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
curse; spell; malediction
item; something that one "just has to have"
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include