antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
runaway trip; journey of escape; flight from the world
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to come and go; to go back and forth
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
far away in the distance; in the far distance
leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.; leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
being good-for-nothing; useless person
round-the-world trip; world cruise
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo-email service provided by SoftBank Mobile
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
email with attached photos sent from a mobile phone; photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone
as planned; according to plan
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
name one goes by; popular name; house name; name of a street; avenue name
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to get help; to enlist aid
getting; obtaining; winning; scoring (in ice hockey, basketball, etc.)
opening ceremony (of the school term)
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard; rough draft
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
travel to relieve heartbreak; sentimental journey
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
Dear Sir or Madam; Dear Sirs; Gentlemen
hurry; rush; simple; brief; rough; crude
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy