traffic report; information on traffic flow; transportation information
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
mail; postal matter; postal item
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
flea powder; flea medicine; flea medication; getting rid of fleas; killing fleas
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
portable painting used as part of the backdrop (in kabuki, etc.)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
European pear (Pyrus communis)
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
clanging; empty; deserted
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
Jizo (esp. statue); Kshitigarbha; Ksitigarbha
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
four corners; four ordinal directions
apple core; core of an apple
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
(arch.) to spin; (arch.) to revolve; to be dizzy; to feel faint; to bustle about
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched