greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
favourite motto; pet saying
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes
history of; experience of
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
drama; theatre; theater; play
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
body; body blow (in boxing)
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
absolutely; positively; decidedly