being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to bury; to embed; to implant
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
as (for); for; in the capacity of
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to look forward to something
head; brains; intelligence
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications