short break; breather; brief recess; rest
branch manager; manager of a branch office
to visit; (arch.) (original meaning) to make a noise
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
sudden shower; sudden downpour
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
returning from abroad; coming back to one's country (Japan)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
surroundings; environs; circumference
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
standing tall; towering; soaring
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate