substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
button (clothing); push-button; button
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
near; close by; within reach; familiar
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
simple store; booth; stall
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis; decisive moment
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
brush (for painting, basting, etc.)
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
pearl; purl (knitting stitch)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
nearsightedness; shortsightedness; myopia
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional