offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
pride; boast; credit (to)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
material; substance; matter
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to gather; to collect; to assemble
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to make oneself popular without any regard to others; to take all the credit to oneself; (lit.) to turn out well (of a child)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
originally; by nature; from the start
knowing; (an) acquaintance
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of