chief; main; principal; important
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to prostrate oneself before
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
correction; revision; amendment
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
death in jail; death in prison
murder; killing; murderer
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
directly opposite; right in front
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person