to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
yen (currency of Japan); circle
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
mountain road; mountain trail
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
scenery; scene; landscape
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; community (of people with a shared trait, members, fans, etc.); scene; enthusiasts
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
honorific/polite/humble prefix
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
trivial; not amounting to much
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)