he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
beginning; outset; first; onset
prize money; monetary award; reward
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
how much; how many; however
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
author; writer; novelist; artist
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
study; research; investigation
job; work; duties; trade; skill
newspaper reporter; print journalist
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)