distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
information board; building directory
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
curry bread (usu. deep-fried); curry doughnut; curry bun; curry roll
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
manners; courtesy; etiquette
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to be softened; to calm down
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
bold; daring; unflappable
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
after staying up all night