(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
garage; carport; depot (trains, buses, etc.)
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
inner citadel; core; center; centre
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
outward appearance; apparent
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
presence; sitting with; being with
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
welcome!; nice to see you!
head; lead; vanguard; first
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to project; to stick out; to stand out