guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
land route; overland route; by land; overland
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform
array; muster; line-up; full force
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to harm; to cause harm to
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
either way; in any case; one way or another
to speak; to hear a voice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do