paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
to (have a situation) descend to mayhem
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
with a slurp; slurpingly; smooth; shiny; noodles; udon
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
leaping through time; time travel
interference; intervention; meddling
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
directions; instructions; orders; command
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her; supernatural wolf stalking humans in the woods
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty