favorite; favourite; habitually used
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
point of an argument; drift of an argument
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
accurate; correct; precise; exact
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
general idea; concept; notion
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
coined word; coinage; neologism
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
to take out a loan; to get a loan
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
(separate) house; detached house
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention