stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
book; volume; this; present; main; head
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
graduation ceremony; commencement
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
program (e.g. TV); programme
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
discount coupon or ticket
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan