companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ancient Shinto music and dancing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
that day; the very same day
particularly; only; in the case of
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
incident resulting in injury
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for