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
local people; local residents
by means of; due to; because of; according to
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
rice cake with bean paste wrapped in a preserved cherry leaf
carp streamer; carp banner
Children's Day (national holiday; May 5)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
opposite side; opposition
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck