pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
interior; inside; internal
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
single word; a few words; brief comment
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
successor; replacement; second wife
just the other day; quite recently
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
in the meanwhile; during the time
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
had better ...; had better not ...
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
hooting; jeering; heckling
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
vocational school; technical school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration