lesson; precept; teachings; moral
calamity; misfortune; disaster
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
with a friendly grin; smilingly
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
program (e.g. TV); programme
button (clothing); push-button
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to order; to command; to appoint
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to lose sight of; to miss
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
lost article; something forgotten
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
hair elastic; hair tie; hair band; rubber band
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
returning from school; going home from school
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip