center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
every place; various places
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
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
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
source of funds; resources; finances
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
discount system; discount arrangement
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to