China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
novel; original; new; innovative
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
strength; power; proficiency; ability
skill; dexterity; proficiency
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
expression; presentation; representation; notation
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...