friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
friendly relations; social relations; social life
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
such; like that; in that way
had better ...; had better not ...
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
any more; any further; any better; any longer
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to have a meal; to take a meal
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
agricultural land; farmland
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
agricultural community; farm village; rural
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
each house; every house; many houses
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)