fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
2nd day of the month; two days
3rd day of the month; three days
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
buried gold; buried treasure
that's the way it is; such is life
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
curse; spell; malediction
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
metal fake sword (esp. one that greatly resembles a real sword)
helmet (of a warrior); headpiece
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
participant; entrant; player; competitor
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to do together; to share; to participate in
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
trivial; not amounting to much
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping