reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
corporate (e.g. sports team); business organization; business corporation
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
bento; Japanese box lunch
Japan's best; number one in Japan
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
overconfident; presumptuous
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
hard worker; hardworking person
farewell party; send-off party; motivational rally
food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to speak ill of; to disparage
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)