welcome!; nice to see you!
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
to follow another's example
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
new building; new construction
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to be worried; to be troubled
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
to close (one's eyes); to shut
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
destruction; collapse; crumbling
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival