vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to taste; to try (food or drink)
weather; fair weather; fine weather
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
two by two; by twos; as a couple; in pairs
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
proposal; offer; request; application
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
to be able to manage somehow or other
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
(very) happy; euphoric; buoyant; walking on air
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
forward (position); attacker; forwarding (an email); forward (contract)
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)