pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
senior high school; high school
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
close; intimate; on good terms
understood; I see; OK; present; here
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
older sister; lass; young lady
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
honorific/polite/humble prefix
shopping; purchased goods
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag