to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
each; (arch.) you (plural)
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
feel (of a material); texture
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
man; male; masculine gender
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
item; article; dish; course; finest item
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to feel; to sense; to experience
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
production (e.g. play); direction
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization