first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
number of times; frequency; count
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to pretend; to act (as if)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
home; household; family; hearth
rich person; wealthy person
foreign matter; impurities
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
thickly; heavily; profusely; (complain) endlessly; excessively; tediously
snake; serpent; large snake
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
to behave modestly; to take a humble attitude
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
minimum; at the very least
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
careless person; thoughtless person
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down