beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
spring break; spring vacation
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
wickedness; evil; wicked person
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
twist; wrench; distortion; torsion
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
semicircular canals (of the inner ear)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy