counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
feeling; sense; impression
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
senior high school student
like this; this sort; this way
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
takoyaki party; taco party
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(United States of) America; USA
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
of no interest; not interested
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
understood; I see; OK; present; here