unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
story; tale; talk; discussion
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
originally; by nature; from the start
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
danger; peril; hazard; risk
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
no!; no no!; no, not at all
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with