lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to talk; to chat; to chatter
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
corridor; hallway; passageway
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that day; the very same day
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
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
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)