hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
telephone call; telephone (device)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
semi-European-style house; type of Japanese house incorporating Western elements that was made popular in the 1920s and 1930s
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
had better ...; had better not ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
fast-talking; rapid talking
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
god of death; death deity; Death
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to pile up; to accumulate
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
such; like that; that sort of; very
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
city electric train service operated by (former) Japanese National Railways
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations