searching for someone; search for a missing person; searching for a (job) candidate; recruitment; scouting
in proportion to; just as much as
oblique line; forward slash
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
clanging; empty; deserted
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to select (the best); to choose; to pick out
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
step; stride; counter for steps
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
this; our; right; justice; checking account
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary