hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
royal capital; imperial capital
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
shop; small store; business; firm
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
branch office; branch store
old friend; familiar face
street; quarter; district; area
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
love of animals; animal loving
parting; separation; farewell
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
curious; strange; unusual
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to care for someone; to look after someone
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
that's a different matter; that's a different story
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)