point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to ask (someone to do); to invite; to tempt; to entice; to allure
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
kindergarten graduation ceremony
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
randoseru; firm-sided leather (or synthetic leather) backpack used by elementary school children
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
illumination; decorative lighting
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
light-emitting diode; LED
tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)
to behave well (of a child)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
25th day of the month; 25 days
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly; very; absolutely; by far
to be itching to put one's skills to use
basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
to take advantage of an opportunity