news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
fuel consumption; gas mileage
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
for example; for instance; e.g.
third day of the month; three days
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
birth; creation; formation
reaching; attaining; arrival
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
song of praise; eulogy; paean; hymn
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along