origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
the other day; a few days ago
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to call out; to ask someone to come
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
yes and no; for and against
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
mass communication; mass media
human rights; civil liberties
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
how many years; how long; what year
child abduction; kidnapping of a minor
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)