surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
time; season; period; phase; stage
recipient (e.g. of mail); addressee; payee; beneficiary
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
two (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
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
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
feeling; sense; impression
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of