platform; home; home base; home plate
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
training range; training grounds; training area
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
joint struggle; common (united) front
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
departure; leaving; setting off
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
right (to do something); authority; power
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
draft; rough copy; highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); grass style
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
foot-operated bellows; foot bellows; traditional Japanese clay furnace for smelting iron (operated with large foot bellows); Tatara furnace
rookery; breeding grounds; nesting place
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
priority; order of precedence
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to amuse oneself; to make merry
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging