passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
honorific/polite/humble prefix
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to be silent; to say nothing
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to throw on the fire; to burn
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid