grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
special program; special programme
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to become misty; to become hazy
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
finish; end; conclusion; landing (in gymnastics)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
leading (e.g. role); instructive; guiding
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
gate (of a property); (in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection; transfer (of data); transmission
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics