to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
later on; eventually; afterwards
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
senior grade of the third court rank
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
all present; all concerned; all of us
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer; rug; carpet
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
strategy meeting; council of war
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
place of execution; execution site
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
hooting; jeering; heckling