lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
overhead luggage rack; overhead baggage rack
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
premature joy; short-lived elation
Saitama (city, prefecture)
box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
landowner; landlord; landlady
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
president (of a society); chairman
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
a person without a single relative
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
draft papers; callup notice
military service; conscription
historic; historical; traditional
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
demobilization; demobilisation; repatriation