horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
surprise victory; upset; coup
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
moving in (to a house, apartment, etc.); taking up residence
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
real estate agent; realtor
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
interview (e.g. for a job)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to call together; to convene
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over