erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to turn left; to turn to the left
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day
Chunichi Dragons (Japanese pro baseball team)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
first place; head position; leading position
Giants (baseball team); Giant (novel, film)
(railway) buffer stop; bumper; bumping post
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
other than; excluding; without
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage