to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
preference; priority; precedence
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(someone else's) child; child; kid
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
marshy rice field or paddy
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)
leading person; foremost figure
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
go that far; to that extent
complete change; about-face
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
exactly as stated; verbatim
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen