study; diligence; discount; reduction
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to appear in the newspaper
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
such; this sort of; like this
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
something; some kind of; for some reason
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
pregnancy; conception; gestation
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
university student; college student
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK