person from the Kansai region; Kansai native
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
henry (unit of inductance)
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish; roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
championship; title (of champion); championship game; championship tournament
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to repeat; to do over again
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
100,000; hundred thousand
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores