exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to overdo; to do too much
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
in the future; another day; later
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
information retrieval; IR; investor relations; integrated resort; infrared radiation; infrared
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
character style; character form
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
ideally; if one were to wish for more
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema