to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
advance; moving forward; progress
incident; affair; happening; event
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
homecoming; returning home
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to look around; to survey
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to be born; to come into this world
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
control; management (e.g. of a business)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
to blame; to find fault with
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary