to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
presentation (e.g. of a gift, etc.)
last week; the week before
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
how many years; how long; what year
business; trade; operations; sales
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
it seems so; that's what it looks like
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
father; dad; husband; you; he
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
because of; owing to; due to
second anniversary of a death
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances