previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
changing one's clothes; change of clothes
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
traffic congestion; traffic jam; (traffic) deadlock
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be given up; to be discontinued
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
being startled; getting a shock
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to leave undyed; to dye partly (leaving some base colour); to heavily and completely dye; to dye fast
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)