to accept; to receive; to agree
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
there is nothing; having nothing
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to pass (of time); to elapse
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
bento; Japanese box lunch
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
don't you think?; indicates question
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
tribute (to a monarch, feudal lord, etc.); taxes; taxation
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
long-running (TV, radio) program
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
president (of a society); chairman
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured