one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to lay aside; to set aside
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to telephone; to make a phone call
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
river; stream; River; the ... river
bank; weir; embankment; levee
ten; 10; ten years of age
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to crack; to develop a crack
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
commercial vehicle (taxi, bus, truck, etc.)
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
godan (verb, verb conjugation); fifth rank (in martial arts, go, etc.)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
dry riverbed; river beach
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)