recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
day (as in holiday); daytime
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to push (something) against
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; rays of the Sun
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
game arcade; video arcade
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
along; parallel to; in accordance with
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
old clothes; secondhand clothing
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation