chat; desultory conversation
to serve; to work for; to attend
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich
head; brains; intellect; understanding
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
Meijin-sen (annual professional shogi title match); Meijin-sen (annual professional go tournament); Meijin-sen (annual competitive karuta title match)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
relation; connection; relevance
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
suffix for familiar person
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
blood vessel; blood relationship
parent-child relationship
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)