rubber band; elastic band
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
health; healthy; sound; fit
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
medicine manufacture; drug manufacture
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
bank; banking institution
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to find out; to discover; to locate
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost