to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
living thing; living creature; animal; life
descendant; posterity; offspring
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation