meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
to pause; to have a short intermission
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
to stop (plug) one's ears
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
platform; home; home base; home plate
automatic turnstile (ticket gate)
evening sky; twilight sky
January; first month of the lunar calendar
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
free (of charge); gratuitous
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
consumer financing firm; loan shark
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
ladies' bicycle (esp. one with a front basket); granny bike
mountain bike; mountain bicycle
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
victim; injured party; sufferer
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
active; dynamic; energetic
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
build; physique; frame; constitution
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off