water-heater; water-boiler
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
even though; despite; when
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
linear; linear motor train; linear induction motor train; magnetic levitation train
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...