frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
not revealing (thoughts, feelings); not breathing a word
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to surround; to crowd around
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
desperation; struggle to the death
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
incident; affair; happening; event
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
clear solution; clean decision
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
boiled and half-dried bonito
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
dated; date; fixed; external
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
same village; same town; same province
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large