person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
in person; personally; directly
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
push-up (exercise); press-up
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
other than; excluding; without
to feel; to sense; to experience
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
looking away; looking aside