thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
interest; rights; concession
production; output; turning out
one's possessions; ownership
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
good-looking; fair; beautiful
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
that's the way it is; such is life
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square