subordinate work; assistant; servant
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
princess; daughter of a nobleman
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
detour; circumvention; turning movement
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
at that time; in those days
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
baby carriage; perambulator; pram
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to face on; to look out on to
central part; heart (of a city)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally