New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
the above figure (chart, diagram, illustration, etc.)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
heroic; brave; majestic; soul-stirring; lively; gallant
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
future (usually near); prospects
to compete with; to vie for
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
aforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
several times (as large, over)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)