(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.); to all gather together
stationing (troops); garrisoning
roadside trees; row of trees
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
one after another; in rapid succession
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
bento; Japanese box lunch
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
never mind!; don't worry about it
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)