president (of a society); chairman
honorific/polite/humble prefix
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
attraction; lure; invitation
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
large furoshiki; big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
community-based; local-based
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
such; like that; that sort of; very
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who