the whole day; all the day
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
bacterium; bacteria; germ
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
animal husbandry; livestock industry
diversion; putting something to another use
caretaker (at a zoo or aquarium); keeper; attendant; breeding staff
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
close-cropped hair; shaven head
8000; eight thousand; many
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
armed forces; military; troops
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
heading; header (in soccer); butting (in boxing)
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)