column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
example; exercise (for the reader)
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
different item; different lot
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
platform; home; home base; home plate
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
counting by the minute (of a schedule, etc.)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them