characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster
this world; this life; world of the living
separation; isolation; extrication; release; isolation
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
the same kind; accomplice; partner
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
to accompany; to go with; to go together
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
at first; in the beginning; originally
good-natured person; nice person
rare; extraordinary; singular
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")