foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
sex establishment; brothel
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
educational institution; school; academy; campus
stairs; stairway; staircase
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
clearing one's throat; cough
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
locker room; changing room; dressing room
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
should; must; -able; probably; likely
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
name; given name; first name
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
(written) contract; agreement
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
by myself; in person; by oneself
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
auto-repair shop; service station; garage
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time