kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
notes; comment; remark; annotation
underground train; subway
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
stairs; stairway; staircase
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
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
carry-back; bringing the ball back to one's own position (in rugby); carryback; carrying over a deduction or credit from a prior year to the current year (to reduce income tax)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
instant; moment; for an instant
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
object of romantic interest
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)