encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
stairs; stairway; staircase
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
older sister; lass; young lady
beyond this point; from now on; after this
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
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
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
group; bunch; crowd; group
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
woman; female; feminine gender
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
under control (e.g. of territory)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
originally; by nature; from the start
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons