to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to like; to love; to be fond of
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
jealousy; roasted rice cake
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
first meeting; first interview with
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
that is to say; so that means
beyond that point; after that
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
immediately; right away; on the spot
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree