important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
courteous; decorous; polite
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
grandfather; male senior-citizen
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
cinnamon; cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
confections; sweets; candy; cake
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
man; male; masculine gender
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
president (of a society); chairman
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
to have the privilege of doing
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to look around; to survey
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
record keeper; recorder; archivist