prototype model; experimental machine
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
work-in-progress; working state
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
inspection; examination; checking
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
function; facility; faculty; feature
anything and everything; just about everything
of course; certainly; naturally
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
something like ...; something called ...
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
behind; in the rear; in back
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
near; close; beside; third person
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive