preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
secret information; intelligence
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to walk in on; to tread upon
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
memory; sense; experience
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
torii; Shinto shrine archway
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
sentiment; sentimentality
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to lose sight of; to miss
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
unlined kimono; one kimono; a single kimono
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
tall geta with a single tooth
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
ring; band; ring; circum-