foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
overhead luggage rack; overhead baggage rack
to take down; to bring down; to lower
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
Chinese windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei); Chusan palm; hemp palm
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
flowers and trees; flowering trees
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
year-end gift; end of the year; year end
settlement; solution; resolution
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
semi-formal kimono for women; visiting (gala) dress
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)