recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
dated; date; fixed; external
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(another's) daughter; young lady
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
to be strangled; to be constricted
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
God; god; ace; king; superior person
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
training (esp. in-service); induction course
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
casual speech; peer language; informal language