to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to hand (over); to deliver in person
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
spread; span; expanse; extent
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
existence; being; presence
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
Gutenberg; Gutenberg, Johannes (c. 1400-1468; German inventor and craftsman)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is