to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
declaration; proclamation; announcement
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
originally; by nature; from the start
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
feel (of a material); texture
to be conspicuous; to stand out
most attractive feature (of a person)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
inside; interior; inner part
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
high ground; plateau; heights
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap