national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to surround; to crowd around
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to telephone; to make a phone call
lost article; something forgotten
offender; criminal; culprit
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to apologize; to apologise
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below