close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
place; situation; position; location
such; this sort of; like this
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
how many years; how long; what year
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
mechanism; organization; organisation
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
(social) class; rank; grade
deep earthquake; deep-focus earthquake
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
eastern part; the east (of a region)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)