mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to be photographed; to be projected
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
right side; style of Japanese court music
luminous body (e.g. of a shooting star); bright metal; sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.); 20-point card; bright
way; method; means; resource; course
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
revolving payments; payment via multiple installments
financing company; credit firm
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
amount of money; sum of money
10,000,000,000; ten billion
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
genuine article; real thing; real deal
greater than ...; bigger ...
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
natural product; product of nature
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
a little bit; a little while
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through