playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to rise; to erect; to get up
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
killing two birds with one stone
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
concealment; suppression; hiding
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
delusion; trick of the imagination
mental illness; psychosis
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
health; healthy; sound; fit
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
fishing; collecting shells; fisherman
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
secret; private; surreptitious
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
pending question; unresolved problem
shoe rack (in an entrance); cupboard (for shoes and clogs)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
explanation; interpretation
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity