production; output; turning out
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
ability; performance; efficiency
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
disinformation; false information
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
loveable; very likeable; like very much
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
environment; circumstance
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)