small quantity; little; little while; short distance
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
scenery; scene; landscape
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
from here; from this place
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to entrust; to leave to a person
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
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?
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
mountain climbing; mountaineering
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)