annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
omniscience (of a buddha)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
first calligraphy of the year
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
in terms of; from the point of view of
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
business trip; official trip
surroundings; environs; circumference
for example; for instance; e.g.
island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
tail (animal); tail end; tip