limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(courteous) invitation; call
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
(period of) a year; during an era
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
calamity; disaster; misfortune
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
on the occasion of; at the time of
bento; Japanese box lunch
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)