Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
bicycle trip; cycling tour
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
performing a surgical operation
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
anything and everything; just about everything
mho (unit of conductance)
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); ranch
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to move around; to move about; to get around
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable