glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
draft (esp. in baseball); draft; rough copy; draught (beer); draft; draft (air current)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
recently; lately; these days
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to degenerate; to lapse into
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities