action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
summer cold (illness); summer flu
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
number of persons; personnel
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
separation; living separately; living apart
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
New Year's period (January 1 to 3)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
rikka; formal style of ikebana
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
January; first month of the lunar calendar
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to rebuke; to scold harshly
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled