tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
to watch over; to watch attentively
please; somehow or other; one way or another
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
chess problem; composed shogi problem
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support