to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
year in, year out; always; 24-7
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
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
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to be silent; to say nothing
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
how; in what way; by what means
rather; sooner; preferably
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
originally; by nature; from the start
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation