to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to get slightly dirty (all over)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to watch over; to watch attentively
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to thrust down; to push off
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
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
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
and; thereupon; because of that
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
chair; stool; post; office; position
to fall off; to tumble down
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive