dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
another's parent; another's parents
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.)
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
right in the midst of; right at the height of
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
in name only; titular; nominal
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
dribble (of a ball or puck); dribbling
football (soccer); kick to the groin; kneeing in the testicles
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
economical; efficient; lean; compact
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)