smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
company president; manager; director
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to make an appearance; to show up
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
surely; certainly; without doubt
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
signing; autograph session
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating