to speak; to hear a voice
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
corridor; hallway; passageway
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
front; frontage; facade; main
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to ask; to enquire; to query
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to face; to go towards; to head towards
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
way one walks; one's walk
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart