dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent