in succession; one after another
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
symbol; code; sign; notation
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
one more time; once more; once again
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
barber; barbershop; barber shop
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
notes; comment; remark; annotation
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
kanji compound formed of opposing elements; antonym; conversation (face-to-face)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
votive picture (originally of horse)
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing