hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
sales; selling; marketing
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
recital (i.e. of music, by a pupil); presentation (e.g. product launch)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
intellectually disabled child
independence; self-reliance
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
opening of a park (theme park, botanical garden etc.)
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
golden wedding (anniversary)
fourth day of the month; four days
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus); Korean rose
conferring court rank posthumously
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate