irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
land route; overland route; by land; overland
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
rule; reign; peaceful times
true to one's name; living up to one's name
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
festival merrymaking; revelry
naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid; delinquency; misconduct
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
2nd day of the month; two days
comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
chief; main; principal; major
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
one's best interests; one's own good