character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
remembrance; recollection; recognition
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
tool; implement; means; furniture
plants and animals; flora and fauna
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
globular shape; spherical shape
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
feeling; sense; impression
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
leaf vegetable; green vegetable; edible herb
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent