to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
point in common; common feature
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
host (of a party, summit, etc.); host (of male host club)
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
honorific/polite/humble prefix
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
to be needed; to be wanted
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
name; given name; first name
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
interview (e.g. for a job)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation