honour; honor; glory; privilege
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
questionnaire; survey; poll
postcard; memo; note; card
relatively; comparatively
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
author; writer; novelist; artist
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)
pre-paid card for purchasing books; Tosho card; library book index card
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
sunlight; rays of the Sun
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
fine weather; fair weather
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
lying face down; upside down; prone
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
first thing in the afternoon
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
left breast; left side of the chest
to read the situation; to sense the mood
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")