brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
king; monarch; ruler; champion
birth; creation; formation
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
height of; middle of; full bloom
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
eruption; volcanic eruption
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; eternal life and prosperity
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism