numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
kickback (payment for facilitating a transaction, appointment, etc.); kickback (sudden forceful recoil)
item; article; dish; course; finest item
one (thing); one piece; one item
cooking; food preparation
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
unification of the whole country
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
you could say that; that might be so
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe