to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
(someone else's) child; child; kid
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
with a bustle; with a hubbub
to call in; to invite; to bring in
festival merrymaking; revelry
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
tele; Terret (wine grape variety)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
pocket tissue; small package of tissues
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
paper towel; kitchen paper; kitchen roll
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
family-oriented; familial
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
third day of the month; three days
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
pupil; student; schoolchild
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
real thing; original; actual
entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
collision; bumping into; head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice