café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
price; cost; value; worth; value
of course; certainly; naturally
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
draw (in competition); tie game
fourth year (college) student; senior
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
incident; affair; happening; event
to talk; to chat; to chatter
time; hour; period; class
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
delete (proofreader's mark)
day (as in holiday); daytime