kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to rebuke; to scold harshly
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
platform; home; home base; home plate
elevated (structure); overhead
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
(navigable) canal; waterway
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
standing close together; bristling (with)
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
studio apartment; studio flat
train that stops at every station; local train
departure; leaving; setting off
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving