swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
ex-girlfriend; former girlfriend
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
elder sister; older female friend
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
when it becomes; when it comes to
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
serialization; serialisation; serial story
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
simply; merely; only; solely