half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
otherwise; or else; if not
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
in its entirety; whole; wholly
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
my personal (e.g. opinion)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
minimization; minimisation
exclusive; attached to; specialist
thereupon; therefore; because of that
contract; compact; agreement
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name