excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bitter melon (Momordica charantia); bitter gourd
stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
honorific/polite/humble prefix
two persons; two people; pair; couple
chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
playing in the mud; playing with mud
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
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