one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
plateau; tableland; eminence
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
aimlessly; without a goal
having slow reflexes; bad at sports; unathletic person
expenses; costly; expensive
research project (e.g. at school); independent research
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
navigation; (car) navigation system; navigator
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
stepwise; one step at a time
in the same manner as before; the same as always
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
variation; rogue (something)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions