I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
personality; style; appearance
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
domestic affairs; internal administration
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
accession to the throne; enthronement
since; henceforth; ever since
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
for this very reason; that is exactly why
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
don't you think?; indicates question