foreign; abroad; overseas
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
sofvi; toy figure made from soft vinyl (monster, hero, etc.); soft vinyl mascot figure
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
genuine article; real thing; real deal
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
item; something that one "just has to have"
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
older sister; lass; young lady
surname; family name; last name
one's original family name; maiden name
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
real life; actual life; everyday life
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto