consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
consent; acceptance; agreement
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
circular; circulating letter
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; trading session (at an exchange); rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to collect the ashes of the deceased; to look after someone's affairs after he dies
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office
like this; in this way; as you see
to read aloud; to read to someone
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
the place where one is sent on an errand
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
gasping; breathing heavily
directly opposite; right in front
many; much; plenty; hardly
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance