to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
(turned out) all right in the end
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
100,000,000; one hundred million
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to become clear; to be made public
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
bargain; good buy; budget
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
once upon a time; a long time ago