straying; wandering off course
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
single word; a few words; brief comment
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
library; book collection; paperback book
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
book; volume; this; present; main; head
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
new book; new publication
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
journal; magazine; periodical
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)