in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriageable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
cruelty; hard-heartedness
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
as; because; with; due to
living room (Western style); sitting room
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to leave this world; to die
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
hey there; I say; see here
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)