living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
home area; home town; local
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
cannot be helped; unavoidable
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to push away; to push aside; to shove
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
fast walking; semi-jogging
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
morning; forenoon; just before noon
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
time; hour; period; class
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
as a child; when one was a child; childhood