key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
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.)
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
how; in what way; how about
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot