evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
sweet and sour; bittersweet
boy; son; baby boy; young man
attendance (at school); going to school
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
at least; at most; (even) just
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to have a talk; to tell a story
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
in accordance with; according to
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
hair pin; hairclip; hairgrip; bobby pin
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
because of; owing to; due to
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now