happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
gene recombination; genetically modified; GM
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
to erase all trace of something
no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake
present; gift; to give a present or gift
library; book collection; paperback book
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
senior high school student
boy; son; baby boy; young man
unit; (musical) group; band
tax excluded; excluding tax
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
shopping basket; market basket
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to telephone; to make a phone call
stepping back; drawing back
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
hi!; yo!; hey man!; hey dude!
at least; at most; (even) just
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
it is I who should say so
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
the breakup (dispersal) of a family