important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
it's not like; it isn't as if
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
name; given name; first name
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to bring back; to restore
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to underrate; to make light of
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)