to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy ; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule); to have a lot of work to do; to have one's hands full
to pay (e.g. money, bill) ; to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches) ; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors) ; to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of ; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern) ; to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert ; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate ; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside ; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy) ; to reset (an abacus)
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins) ; counter for portions of gyōza or soba ; counter for ranks ; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank ; counter for fields or rice paddies ; counter for palanquin bearers
to return (something); to restore; to put back ; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn ; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate ; to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back ; to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) ; to do again; to do repeatedly
to buy; to purchase ; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate; to recognize ; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers); to invite (e.g. scorn); to evoke; to arouse; to win (someone's favour) ; to accept; to take on; to take up ; to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)
to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for ; to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience ; to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with ; to interfere with; to meddle in ; to tease ; to banish; to prohibit
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.) ; to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up ; to face; to be opposite (someone) ; to compare; to check with ; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate) ; to place together; to connect; to overlap ; to mix; to combine ; to put blade to blade; to fight
there's no (other) way ; cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice ; it's no use (doing); pointless; useless; no good; insufficient; not enough ; hopeless (person); annoying; troublesome; awful ; cannot stand it; unbearable; cannot help (doing, feeling); dying (to do)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode ; to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce ; to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out