smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
topic of discussion; agenda
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
two times; twice; two degrees
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
how long; how far; how much
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
literally; to the letter; literal
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to push aside; to brush aside
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
both; many; various; together
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye; perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
(not) even once; (not) ever
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness