to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet); budget committee
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
already; now; no longer; not any more
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
everything one does; whatever one does
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
rather; sooner; preferably
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team
estimate (of costs); budget
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
action committee; executive committee
one large ...; a great ...
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
mock cavalry battle; piggyback fight