multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
it is I who should say so
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to be needed; to be wanted
surname; family name; last name
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
honour; honor; glory; privilege
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to be surprised; to be astonished
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
(another's) daughter; young lady
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
so; like this; in this way
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
height (measured at the withers)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
presumption; assumption; estimation
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
of course; certainly; naturally
(European) gray wolf (carnivore, Canis lupus lupus); grey wolf