salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
research institute; (research) laboratory
pasture; grassland; meadow
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to look away; to turn away
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
double slap in the face; forehand and backhand slap
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to get hungry; to become hungry
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to continue to do; to persist in doing
unique; peculiar; singular
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience