big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
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 come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
courteous; decorous; polite
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
that is to say; so that means
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride