celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
white ball (baseball, golf ball, etc.)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
too much; excessively; too
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
important point; point to check; point not to miss; checkpoint
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
how many years; how long; what year
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
in comparison to; rather than
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
here and there; in places
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(initial) setup; installation
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
one by one; in detail; minutely
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being