to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
notice; attention; observation
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
sphere; counter for balls
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
impossible; unlikely; improbable
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
bank; banking institution
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury