club activities; extracurricular activities
adviser; advisor; consultant
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
derailment; digression; deviation
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to concern; to be related
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
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
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
besides; in addition; also; moreover
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
study; research; investigation
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
preference; priority; precedence
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk