to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to call each other; to call out to one another
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
local specialty; local special dish
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
becoming active; increase in activity
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
little-known hot spring; secret hot spring; secluded hot spring
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
steering a ship; controlling; maneuvering; piloting
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
going upstream; swimming upstream
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to wave a flag; to show the way
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
affectation; showiness; pretence
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
guard; sentinel; garrison
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
open-air bath; rotenburo; rotemburo
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
free-flowing (hot spring, irrigation, etc.); non-cyclic
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)