hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
business; trade; operations; sales
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
the other day; lately; recently
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
such; this sort of; like this
management; administration; operation
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
introductory article; advertisement
upper reaches of a river; upstream
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
postcard; memo; note; card
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
being watchful; keeping watch; keeping an eye open
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
neighbourhood; neighborhood
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild