grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
shiny, bald head; person with a shiny, bald head
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
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
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
care; precaution; guarding; caution
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
different thing; another question; different case
the same night; that night
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
ten; 10; ten years of age
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
irony of fate; twist of fate
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
together; at the same time; same; identical
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
student (esp. a university student)