serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
traffic safety; driving safety; road safety
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
pride; boast; credit (to)
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
future (usually near); prospects
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
blow; hit (on the body); beating
various places; several sources
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
fourth day of the month; four days
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)