enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
conference room; council room
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
participant; entrant; player; competitor
every person; each one; everybody
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
silence; stillness; without sound
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
silence; stillness; quietness
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...