rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
determination; resolution
to pass (of time); to elapse
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unpublished; not yet announced
new release of a song by the original artist or composer
considerably; fairly; quite
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
both; both sides; both parties
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
to be too numerous; to be too much
correction; revision; amendment
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
bread with chocolate filling; chocolate bread
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste
to be needed; to be wanted
returned goods; returning purchased goods
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to be silent; to say nothing
addendum; supplementary material; afterword; postscript; marginal notes