to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
true state; actual condition; reality
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
image; figure; figure; form; image
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
name; given name; first name
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition