(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
to fall asleep; to sleep soundly; to become dull; to lose vigour
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
weather; fair weather; fine weather
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
men and women of all ages
flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
Japanese syllabary; kana; aiueo
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
something; something or other; something something
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach