free time; time at leisure
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
massing (of troops); gathering
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
school inter-class ball-game competition
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
higher rank; better position
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
broadband; brokers' broker
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
conviction; belief; confidence
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war