to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
kitchen knife for sashimi
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
(period of) a year; during an era
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
button (clothing); push-button
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
when it becomes; when it comes to
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
number one; first; best; most; game; round
osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite