area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
after a long time; for the first time in a while
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
animal heart (usu. grilled on skewers)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
movie; film; motion picture
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
succession; continuation; series; sequence
one-pot meal of green onions and tuna
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
they; those guys; those fellows
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
that kind; competition; match
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
setting a place; setting the table
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
retirement; resignation; stepping down
fixed interval; fixed period
security department (of a police force); security bureau; security division
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less