news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
hokora; small wayside shrine
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
another thing; other things; another man's property
choices; alternatives; options
arista; awn; (grain) beard
every year; yearly; annually
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
ramen restaurant; noodle restaurant
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
ornamental ridge-end tile
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
good feeling; feeling good
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tail (animal); tail end; tip
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine