favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
sign; indication; omen; symptom
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
prospects of victory; chances of success
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
flying column; detached force
weather (conditions); disposition; temperament
wear and tear; abrasion; friction loss
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
very interesting; of great interest
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean