spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
(garden) cemetery; park-style cemetery; memorial park
older brother; elder brother
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
jumping to a hasty conclusion
isolation; being alone; being friendless
innocent; cherubic; childlike
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
rapid progress; great strides
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
after death; posthumously
(how) many times; (how) often
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
godparent; first person to give something its name
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
example; illustration; precedent
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
blue line; area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956); non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)