regular customer; valued client
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
originally; by nature; from the start
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
this occasion; at this time; now
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
one's own army; one's own team
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
opinion; intention; thought
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
un-; non-; negative prefix
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
scale; bathroom scale; weighing machine
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
store interior; inside of a shop
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
radical (of a kanji character)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten