garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
in the mountains; among the mountains
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
third day of the month; three days
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
fine weather; fair weather
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be reminded of; to call to mind
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye