four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
seat allocation; fee paid to an performer (at a vaudeville hall); appearance fee
face with no make-up; sobriety
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to have a talk; to tell a story
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
vitality; energy; dynamism
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
Official Development Assistance; ODA
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole