year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
confections; sweets; candy; cake
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to order; to command; to appoint
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
suffix for familiar person
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
prohibition; inhibition; ban
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to pick up; to find; to gather
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
small change; coins; small sum of money
talk; story; conversation
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to chase; to run after; to pursue
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
go that far; to that extent
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)