counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
departure; leaving; starting; standing
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
minority group (party); minority
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
stylish; smart; (hair) dressed in a Western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
in succession; one after another
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
naked person (esp. child)
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
north wind; northerly wind
bungalow; one-story house
raft; forearm guard (made of thin metal plates); skewered baby-eel kabayaki
silver vine (Actinidia polygama); cat powder
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
endurance; perseverance; patience
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
visual hallucination; vision
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement