attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to someone's name
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
average; ordinary; normal
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to become clear; to be made public
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
bulging (esp. stomach); sticking out
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
log; log; logarithm; log (tree trunk or branch); logbook (of a ship or aircraft); log (device for measuring the speed of a ship)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
substitution; alternative; substitute
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
bargain; good buy; budget
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
once upon a time; a long time ago
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference