unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
this and that; various things
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
bento; Japanese box lunch
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
being highly educated, having a high salary and being tall; (lit.) three highs; high-valued yen, high stock prices and high land prices (usu. in reference to the Bubble Era)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
large serving; large portion
rice and curry; curry rice
to put into the mouth; to eat
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
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
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to be enraged; to flip out
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner