cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
pronunciation; production of sound
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
performer; entertainer; celebrity
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
peace; peace sign; V sign
acceleration; speeding up
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
ditch with running water; drainage channel
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to make do errands; to set to scutwork