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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up; to face, to be opposite (someone); to compare, to check with; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate); to place together, to connect, to overlap; to mix, to combine; to put blade to blade, to fight

extravagant, lavish, opulent, luxurious, magnificent, splendid, fancy, gorgeous

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language, mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating), seating

talent, ability

oxygen (O)

to pay

thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis; circumstances, situation, state of affairs; work, business, affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ..., playing make-believe ...; alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or; necessity, need; you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...

congratulation, congratulations, celebration, festival; congratulatory gift, present

joke, jest, funny story

needle, pin; hook; stinger, thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer; staple (for a stapler); needlework, sewing; malice; counter for stitches

drawing, picture, diagram, figure, illustration, chart, graph, map; sight, scene

respect, esteem, regard

bag, sack, pouch; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

most part, greater part, majority

passage (of people or vehicles), passing (through), traffic; common usage, widespread use

weather

arrival

unmarried, single

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation), insight, judgment, interpretation, prediction, calculation

date, dating