very popular; highly favoured
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
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Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to entertain; to make welcome
existence; possession; having; limited company
even if; even though; however; no matter how
human relations; personal relationships
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
personal record; personal best
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
second (unit of time); arc second
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up