close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
washing place (e.g. for laundry or tableware); place for washing oneself in a bathroom
ventilation fan; extractor fan
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
unveiling; debut; introduction
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
(short) rest; breather; break
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair