study; diligence; discount; reduction
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to have a talk; to tell a story
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
such; like that; that sort of; very
society; the world; the times
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
honorific/polite/humble prefix
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
(small crunchy) dried sardines
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
in one's own way or style
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
go that far; to that extent
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
pesticide residue; agrochemical residues
cooking; food preparation
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
taste; palate; sense of taste
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)