to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
platform; home; home base; home plate
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
several minutes; a few minutes
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
senior high school; high school
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
pupil; student; schoolchild
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
tenth day of the month; ten days
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity