shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
period of time; time slot; time zone
new book; new publication
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
scaling; climbing; ascending
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
remittance; sending money
putting life into; animating; cheering up
approximation; having a close resemblance
already known; well-known
store interior; inside of a shop
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way