platform; home; home base; home plate
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
final; eventual; ultimate
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
to grow horns; to sprout horns; to become angry; to become jealous
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
sweeping sideways; mowing down
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
purse; wallet; billfold; cashbox; till
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
blow; shock; strike; batting
regeneration process; rehabilitation method; recovery
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
canned juice; canned soft drink; can of juice; can of soft drink
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
severe; strict; tough; hard
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
photo email (sent from mobile phone)
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground
pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to be sooty; to be stained
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)