ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
discount coupon; discount ticket
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
human-interest article; city news; local news; police news
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
homecoming; return to one's home
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; bait
to get (become) acquainted; to get to know; to get (become) intimate with; to become friendly with; to become friends
... years old; age (of) ...
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)