spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers; herbivore man
transfer student; student changing schools
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
enterprise; business; company; corporation
as you see; as you can see
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
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
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
strikeout; strike out; fanning out
scattering (in all directions)
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
not counted (in the score); not tallied
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
official name; formal name
record of proceedings; minutes
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
and then; in addition to that; also; even so