hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
patterns of thinking; train of thought
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
at once; immediately; right now
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
not understanding; not knowing
same; similar; (just) like; equal