talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
zip fastener; slide fastener; Zipper (tradename)
street; quarter; district; area
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
index finger; forefinger; second toe
intelligence gathering; information gathering
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
negotiations; discussions; connection
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)
Kentucky Fried Chicken; KFC
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
convenient; handy; useful
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
exactly as stated; verbatim
suggestion; hint; implication
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster