to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
appointment; rendezvous; date
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
minor offense; minor offence; misdemeanor; misdemeanour
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to telephone; to make a phone call
telephone bill; telephone rate
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
script; screenplay; scenario
to assemble; to set up; to construct
sphere; circle; range; category
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Kyoto, Osaka and Hokkaido); Tokyo and other prefectures
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification