travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
monthly mean; monthly average
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
older brother and younger sister
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
cancellation; abandonment
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
admission based on recommendation; enrolment by recommendation (enrollment)
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
several times (as large, over)
absolute pitch; perfect pitch
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
troublesome; annoying; complicated
beautiful legs; great legs
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
article; news story; report; account
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging