unit; (small) group (esp. in music or entertainment); band
would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
infant; baby; little child
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
method of bringing up; method of raising
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
abundant harvest; bumper crop
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
not yet known; unknown; strange
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
since one was born; (in) all one's life
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons
to say; to be pleased to say
living room (Western style); sitting room
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes