grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
night view; night skyline; nightscape
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
one-by-one; separately; in detail
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
accomplishments; taking lessons (in dance, music, tea ceremony, flower arranging, etc.)
almost; roughly; approximately
the same rank; equality; apposition
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce