long distance; long haul; long-distance race
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
tank truck; tanker truck; tanker
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
at the top of one's voice
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
slight; light; mild (disability, symptoms, etc.)
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
the opposite direction; the other way
double room; room shared by two people; shared room
roommate; person sharing a room; flatmate
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to have a frost; to get frost; to become frosty; to become covered with frost
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
growing thickly; growing densely
bulging (esp. of male genitals under clothing)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
Van Gogh; Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890; Dutch painter)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)