half-term; half-time; half period
800,000; eight hundred thousand
everything; anything; nothing
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
price; cost; value; worth; value
property; fortune; assets
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
government; administration
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
very wealthy person; millionaire
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
newspaper story (article, account)
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to hide; to end a round with less than 20 points
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
effect; result; worth; use; avail
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
journal; magazine; periodical
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
to pen; to write; to draw
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation