image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to throw away; to abandon
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
physical evidence; material evidence
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
speaking voice; talking voice
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
right of succession; right to the throne
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
everything; anything; nothing
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
accurate; correct; precise; exact
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)