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
extra; more; too much; too many; excessive; superfluous; spare; surplus ; unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted; uninvited ; all the more; even more
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money) ; to hang ; to come into view; to arrive ; to come under (a contract, a tax) ; to start (engines, motors) ; to attend; to deal with; to handle ; to have started to; to be on the verge of ; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover ; to (come) at ; to be fastened
to sleep (lying down) ; to go to bed; to lie in bed ; to lie down ; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) ; to lie flat (e.g. of hair) ; to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.) ; to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob ; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to face hardship ; to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly; to make sacrifices ; to be not worth worth the name; to suffer (of a reputation); to be spoiled; to be put to shame ; to lament; to bemoan; to bewail
play; recreation ; playing (a sport); play; game ; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance ; play (theatrical performance) ; play ball; starting a match
to pull; to draw; to pull tight ; to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch ; to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve) ; to drag; to haul; to tow ; to lead (e.g. one's followers) ; to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police) ; to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join ; to delay; to prolong ; to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word) ; to quote; to cite; to reference
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to ; appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate ; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of ; considerable; substantial ; considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty
-ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y ; -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of ; (something) like; along the lines of ; -wise; in terms of; for; from the viewpoint of; from a ... standpoint; as far as ... is concerned ; Mr.; Ms.; Mrs.
to call out (to); to call; to invoke ; to summon (a doctor, etc.) ; to invite ; to designate; to name; to brand ; to garner (support, etc.); to gather ; to take as one's wife
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
origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees
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