the same kind; accomplice; partner
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
division (of company); operations department
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
several weeks; a few weeks
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
article; news story; report; account
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
ability; capability; competence; skill
producer (film, TV, etc.)
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
something like ...; something called ...
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
outside of one's area of expertise
same trade; same business; same profession