return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
early on; earlier on; from early
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
being good at cooking; good cook
drinking party; get-together
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to drop; to lose; to let fall
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to be silent; to say nothing
had better ...; had better not ...
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
elder sister; older female friend
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
close; intimate; on good terms
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross