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
chopped kabayaki eel on rice; eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to recall; to remember; to recollect
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
moving (to a new place); moving in; transfer (to a new school)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
all; entire; whole; altogether
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
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)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
number one; first; best; most; game; round
scale; scope; plan; structure
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
center; centre; metropolis
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)