hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
door; gate; opening; title page
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
way one walks; one's walk
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
set of three; three sets; three classes
to keep (a person) waiting
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
notice; attention; observation
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to get one's head around; to think about
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
sanity; consciousness; soberness
in succession; one by one
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
even though; despite; when
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing