to squash; to crush; to flatten
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
change in appearance; transformation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
mochi wrapped with sweet bean jam
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to cease; to stop; to be over
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
moving about; stirring about
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
interference; intervention; meddling
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
advance; moving forward; progress
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour