prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
nine; team; players on a team; no
format; form; (data) format; formatting (a disk); format
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
looking up a word or kanji by its reading (rather than by its radical or stroke count); katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark
patient; unhurried; leisurely
(one) letter; (one) character
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
horizon (related to land)
to be hesitant; to feel timid
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
individualism; egoism; selfishness
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
standard; average; typical; normal