planet; dark horse; surprise contender
final selection (e.g. of applicants); final screening; shortlisting
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
street; quarter; district; area
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
set of problems (e.g. in a textbook) in which previously learned skills are applied to real world situations; practical assessment
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
opinion; intention; thought
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
tacit; unspoken; implicit
at that time; in those days
unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof