hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
(something) stopper (e.g. geridome is medicine for diarrhea)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
baton pass; baton passing
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
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
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with