cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
geta for wear in dry weather
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
world; society; people; the public
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
old housemaid; old female servant
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)