talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
ingredient; component; composition
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
raw materials; ingredient
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply