example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix