anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
complete stranger; total stranger
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
sympathy; compassion; pity
to be worried; to be troubled
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
attendance; presence; appearance
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
dry riverbed; river beach
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
police; police officer; police station
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total