erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
story; tale; talk; discussion
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
10,000,000,000; ten billion
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
one thin flat object; one sheet
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to repent; to be penitent
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
close-cropped head; bald hill
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way