pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
already; now; no longer; not any more
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
serious; not joking; straight
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to smile (at); to grin (at)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
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
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability