hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
magazine; journal; periodical
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
7-Eleven (convenience store chain)
waiting for the (traffic) lights to change; waiting for a green signal
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
arabiki; arabiki sausage; coarsely ground sausage
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
hot food sold at a convenience store
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
with a snap; with a crack
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
smoke; smoked (salmon, cheese, etc.); tinted (glass, film)
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
line; queue; procession; matrix
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
turning sideways; landscape orientation
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
(in) the air; midair; sky
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal