presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
older brother and younger sister
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
coined word; coinage; neologism
boundless; limitless; vast; broad
government official; public official
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
four characters; four letters
compound word; phrase; collocation; copula
to make sense; to be meaningful
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
drama; theatre; theater; play
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
ceremony; celebration; law code
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
number of characters; number of letters; word count
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate