advantage; benefit; profit; interest
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
visual confirmation; sighting
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; dogfight; scuffle; rough-and-tumble
spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
all (there is); as long as there is
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
Shinto shrine precincts; holy precincts; sanctuary
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
acting ability; talent as a performer
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")