railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
fifth day of the month; five days
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
major volcanic eruption; large-scale eruption; violent eruption; great eruption
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
matcha; powdered green tea
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to make do with; to manage with; to make shift; to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
one more time; once more; once again
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance