convenient; handy; useful
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
outside of; not covered by
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
future (usually near); prospects
almost; roughly; approximately
the same; the said; likewise
time; season; period; phase; stage
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to dispose of; to sell off
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
such; like that; that sort of; very
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to make a list; to enumerate
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to line up points in a speech
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed