thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
don't you think?; indicates question
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
beyond this point; from now on; after this
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town