to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
touch; touching; being involved in; touch (of a painter, pianist, etc.); style (of writing, drawing, etc.); tag
vehicle; conveyance; (means of) transport; ride (at a fair, amusement park, etc.); attraction
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
opening a business; opening a practice
January; first month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; the first of the month
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
cartoon-character costume
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
inside the kindergarten; inside the zoo; inside the garden; inside the park
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
man; male; masculine gender
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on