restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
touting; soliciting; luring; tout; barker; pander
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
planning; plan; project; arrangements
movie; film; motion picture
screening (a movie); showing
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
collecting series of stamps at railway stations, tourist spots, etc.
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
brand name; trade name; product name
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
one by one; one at a time; in turn
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire