custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
defense; defence; protection
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
top of the head; vertex; parietal
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
literally; to the letter; literal
individual; private person; personal; private
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
(United States of) America; USA; US
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
riskiness; (level of) danger
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
being very popular; being in great demand
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
article; thing; object; property; real estate
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
100,000; hundred thousand
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)