as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
intimacy; affection; familiarity
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
open air; outdoors; outside
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
(wicker) basket used for carrying fish; creel
head; lead; vanguard; first
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
while; during (the time when)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se