program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
minority group (party); minority
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
big man; large man; tall man; giant
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to care for someone; to look after someone
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
unable to resist; unable to suppress
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
every person; each one; everybody
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)