to be transparent; to show through
homecoming; returning home
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
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)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to have a reason; to have an excuse
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
around the clock; day and night
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
late at night; at a late hour
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
type 1; category 1; first class
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)