each house; every house; many houses
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
fluent (in a language); flowing
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
brave; courageous; vigorous; enthusiastic; mighty; firm
suffix appended to someone else's family members
non-commissioned rank (in the JGSDF); (army) military academy
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
whistle (sound made with the lips)
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
practice; exercise; military exercise; manoeuvres; seminar
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
strut; short vertical post; thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.); (arch.) handbreadth; (arch.) bundle
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)