speaking of ...; as for ...
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
conquest; domination; mastery
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
Ichirō; Suzuki Ichirō (baseball player) (1973.10.22-)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
link; directory entry; rink
door; gate; opening; title page
moment by moment; hour by hour
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation