serious; not joking; straight
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
meaning; significance; sense
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
danger; peril; hazard; risk
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
long; drawn-out; very long
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
surname; family name; last name
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
impression; strong belief; conviction
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
pride; boast; credit (to)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
mum; mom; mummy; the missus