Okinawa (city, prefecture)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
trivial; not amounting to much
one more time; once more; once again
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to start rowing; to begin to row; to row out (e.g. to sea); to pull out; to start pedaling; to begin to pedal
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone