top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
good impression; favorable impression
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
leader of a charge; first to arrive
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
quietly; slowly; gracefully
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
personification; impersonation; embodiment
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
impossible; unlikely; improbable
curiosity; inquisitiveness
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose