open; public; official; overt
pair; couple; contraposition
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
pai gow (Chinese gambling game played with dominoes)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
localization; to localize
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips
originality; distinctiveness; uniqueness; individuality
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
counter for collections or assemblies of flat objects (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
turning sideways; landscape orientation
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
suggestion; hint; implication
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
to keep a watchful eye on
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness