star attraction; draw card; crowd puller
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
make good use of; make the most of
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
submersion; inundation; being flooded
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
ostrich (Struthio camelus)
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...
visibility; noticeability; perceptibility
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
along the river; riverside
eight (long cylindrical things)
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
to break off with (e.g. one's lover); to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
underground lake; subterranean lake
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)