feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
hello; good day; good afternoon
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
leader; authority; mainstay
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
what time; (lit.) which hour
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
beyond this point; from now on; after this
thoroughbred (horse); person of lineage; blue-blood
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
new horse; unbroken horse; remount
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to be born; to come into the world
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
is it?; isn't it?; be; is