riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
block (of wood); chip; splinter
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
convenient; handy; useful
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
one thin flat object; one sheet
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
rip-off; unfair overcharging; clip joint
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
sales promotion; hard selling
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be helpful; to be useful
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
symbol; code; sign; notation
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service