stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
to cheer up; to liven up; to become active; to look better; to improve (in appearance); to stand out
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
evening; sunset; nightfall
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
health; healthy; sound; fit
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss
at first; in the beginning; originally
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn