the same as something was reputed to be
pickled vegetables; pickles
one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter
tax included (e.g. price); before tax (e.g. salary)
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
diabetes; diabetes mellitus
stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
to use X as a selling point
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
elevation; height above sea level
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to jar; to creak; to grate
all over; all over the place; everywhere
washing machine (laundry)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
to name; to call; to christen; to term