small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; (arch.) inferior goods; (arch.) low-quality article
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
bill (at a restaurant); check
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
saying goodbye (to); bidding farewell (to); breaking off (with); farewell; goodbye; adieu
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
transfer (of passengers or freight); substitute transportation; alternative transportation
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
special issue; extra issue; special number
irregular (schedule, service, etc.); indeterminate (length of time); staggered (payments)
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
with a friendly grin; smilingly
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
successive generations; successive emperors
Greenery Day (national holiday; May 4)
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
job hunting; job searching
post-game analysis (go, chess, othello, etc.); post mortem
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
constitution; rules; regulation
to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict