dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
just because; even if; even though
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
vinegared rice rolled in nori (laver)
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough