place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
scenery; scene; landscape
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
of course; certainly; naturally
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
terrible luck; very bad luck
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to look down on; to make light of
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
arbitration; intercession; mediation
final; eventual; ultimate
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over