excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
clanging; empty; deserted
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to face; to go towards; to head towards
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
hollow at nape of the neck; (arch.) toddler's shaved hairstyle leaving a small portion at the nape (esp. Edo period)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
pistol; handgun; revolver
archery; mapping; map; morphism