number one; first; first place ; best; most ; game; round; bout ; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ; song (e.g. in noh); piece
rise; increase; raising; lifting; going up ; upload; posting online ; close-up ; completion of filming ; upswept hairstyle ; being up (in points, games, etc.); being ahead; leading ; warm-up ; finishing; completion; being over
direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction) ; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part ; type; category ; field (of study, etc.) ; indicates one side of a comparison ; way; method; manner; means ; length (of each side of a square)
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully ; frequently; often ; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ... ; (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
only; merely; nothing but; no more than ; approximately; about ; just (finished, etc.) ; as if to; (as though) about to; going to; on the point of; at any minute ; indicates emphasis ; always; constantly
to connect; to link together ; to tie; to fasten; to restrain ; to maintain; to preserve; to keep ; to transfer (phone call); to put a person through ; to hedge; to buy or sell forward
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 sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor) ; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post) ; to hold steady; to hold still
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with ; to become skilled in; to become experienced at ; to become tame; to become domesticated ; to get used to doing
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be in a fix; to be at a loss; to be stumped; to be embarrassed ; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be annoyed ; to be badly off; to be hard up; to be in straitened circumstances
to send; to dispatch; to forward; to transmit; to ship; to remit ; to see (someone) off; to escort; to accompany; to take ; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to bury ; to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live ; to pass (on, along); to advance (a runner) ; to affix (okurigana)
to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out ; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out ; to move forward ; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach ; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display ; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out ; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform ; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised ; to sell ; to exceed; to go over
to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged ; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set ; to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge ; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch) ; to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo) ; to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)