interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
mass communication; mass media
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
they; those guys; those fellows
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...