close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
regional cuisine; local cuisine
supplementary or additional fertilizer (fertiliser)
good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
lower-middle (e.g. in class rank)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
very much; extremely; greatly
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
to mow down; to scythe down; to knock someone off their feet
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
death by suffocation; death by choking
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
complete recovery; healing
complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
flower basket; flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
major stockholder; large shareholder
miser; niggard; cheapskate
woman's looks; woman's charm
amount of money; sum of money
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
very small amount of money; penny; cent; nickel; dime
market price; current price