cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
to understand (each other); to comprehend
interception (email); wiretap; bug
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
water's edge; beach; shore
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
separate volume; extra issue; supplement; additional volume; supplementary volume
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
rare; strange; odd; peculiar