balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
(coat) hanger; hangar; hunger
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
writing down from other written material; writing kanji text from hiragana; transcription (of spoken material); dictation
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
information technology; IT
written description of one's thoughts
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
last night; yesterday evening
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to decline (after a peak); to wane; to be lost in thought; to be in a pensive mood
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
pilgrimage to sacred places; visiting the real-life locations used in an anime, manga, etc.
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)