end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
friendship; companionship; fraternity; comradeship
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
bolt from the blue; great surprise
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
of course; certainly; naturally
relations; members of extended family
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
and then; and so; and; so then
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to learn something through hearing
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
item one is looking for; missing article