zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
Moomin (troll characters in Tove Jansson's series of books)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
nice; good; well-executed
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
gnomefish (Scombrops boops)
with a rushing sound (of rain, waves, etc.); with a whoosh (e.g. when pouring rice); in a sudden collapse; with a clatter; swarming (e.g. of insects); surging
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
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
all night long; all through the night
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
periodic medical check-up (examination)
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
diagnosis; medical examination
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
data collection; data acquisition
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
at this stage; at this point; (only) now