primary school; elementary school; grade school
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
floatingly; driftingly; softly; gently; restlessly; uncertainly
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
so; therefore; and; (and) then
I see; that's right; indeed
feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
not understanding; not knowing
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate