every second month; every other month
to base something on; to make something the basis
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
to complain; to make a complaint
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
continuous; unbroken; ceaseless
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
person who has committed suicide
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
wide difference; a world of difference
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
establishment; settlement
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
specialization; specialisation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely