together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
over-fond parent; doting parent
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
commuting to nursery school or kindergarten
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
roller coaster; big dipper
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
surroundings; circumference
going to kindergarten (nursery school, etc.)
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
garden; kindergarten yard; playground
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
letter; missive; note; mail
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget