to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
vitality; energy; dynamism
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
three; three years of age
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
review; reconsideration; revision
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
physical work; manual labour (labor)
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
final performance; swan song; last act
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
writing style used to write the rankings
kabuki; Japanese classical drama
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
Kantei style of calligraphy
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
light from outside; natural light
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
imitation Japanese vellum
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
genuine article; real thing; real deal
apparent; obvious; very clear
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
even more; still more; further