pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
traditional; customary; conventional
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
major subject; special study
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
Kansai region (center-west area of Japan comprising Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures)
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
(urban) prefecture (i.e. Osaka and Kyoto); centre (e.g. of learning); center; (government) office; fu (administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam)
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
town; city; municipal; urban
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
magazine; journal; periodical