getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
discrimination; discernment; identification
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
postcard; memo; note; card
to cause someone to worry
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
moving; changing residence; change of address
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
the first and second; a few
on the way home from work
sailor suit; middy uniform
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
light brown; golden brown; tan
wisteria trellis; wisteria arbor (arbour); wisteria pergola
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
marriage ceremony; wedding
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
creation; formation; foundation; establishment
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
shore; bank (of a body of water)
weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
running through; traversal
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
light; easy; non-serious; minor
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
street with streetcar tracks; street with a tram line
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)