man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
manly; masculine; like a man
to talk; to chat; to chatter
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
womanly; ladylike; feminine
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
honorific/polite/humble prefix
evening meal; dinner; supper
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
how; in what way; how about; questionable
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
being on duty; person on duty; one's turn
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
conference room; council room
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...