centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
highest grade; superlative degree
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to come and go; to go back and forth
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress