set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
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)
second day of the month; two days
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to talk; to chat; to chatter
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
article; news story; report; account
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
plural; multiple; several
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
thread (of execution); thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
response; less; -less; loess; wrestling; sexless
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
originally; by nature; from the start
starring in one's own play, movie, etc.; directing one's own play, etc.