voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
no!; no no!; no, not at all
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
real intention; true motive; true meaning
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
how; in what way; how about
pregnancy discrimination; workplace discrimination against pregnant women; dismissing an employee because they are pregnant
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(I) won't (say) anything no matter what (expression is followed by negative verb relating to say, answer, etc.) to not (tell) even under any threat
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
discrimination against women; female discrimination
clearing one's throat; cough
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
society; the world; the times
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to talk; to chat; to chatter
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative