near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
had better ...; had better not ...
bento; Japanese box lunch
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
art of self-defense (defence)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine