aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
economic strength; economic power; economic might
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
process; course; mechanism
inside; interior; inner part
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
each house; every house; many houses
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
almost every day; almost daily
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
noted product; local specialty
to compete with; to vie for
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to daub; to brush; to touch up
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
handicraft; industrial art object
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift