returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
as expected; as predicted
foreign enemy; outside invader
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
serious criminal; heinous criminal
game in which the object is to topple the opposing team's pole
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
leader; central personage
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)
silhouette of a warship; sight of a warship
fallen angel (esp. Lucifer)
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
escort vessel; destroyer (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
madder red; dark red; crimson
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to let (a person) pass first