present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
new student; freshman; first-year student
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to have an idea; to have a clue
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
every month; each month; monthly
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
image; figure; figure; form; image
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
income; receipts; revenue