circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to make an appearance; to show up
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
cave; cavern; den; grotto
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
criticism; critique; review; commentary
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
copier paper; photocopying paper
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
purple smoke; tobacco smoke