had better ...; had better not ...
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
otherwise; or else; if not
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
one thin flat object; one sheet
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
large amount of money; great cost
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
considerably; greatly; a lot
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to be too numerous; to be too much
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
but; however; provided that
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
without; but if; otherwise; or else
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
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
shopping; purchased goods
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to keep in mind; to memorize
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes