big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
mid-January festival in northern Japan, with snow huts in which children play house; snow hut
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.)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
time; hour; period; class
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
button (clothing); push-button
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
wear; clothing; dress; ware; goods
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
when; at what moment; what time
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start