postcard; memo; note; card
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
village; hamlet; countryside; country
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
while; even though; despite
the same; the said; likewise
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
corruption (of text, e.g. in email, due to improper encoding); garbling; illegal character; corrupted text; garbled text
to replace; to move; to change the position of
blank email (e.g. for signing up to an email list)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
unfairness; injustice; partiality
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
river; stream; River; the ... river
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
unreserved seat; non-reserved seat
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
course; route; path; process; means