step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
extensive; spacious; vague; hazy
telephone book; telephone directory
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
young master; young gentleman
great hurry; great haste; rush
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
the same grade; same class
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
gastrointestinal disorder
Nagano (city, prefecture)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
leading; guiding; commanding
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
all night; throughout the night
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road