fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
genius; prodigy; natural gift
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
Japan and the Philippines
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
vacuum bottle; thermos; jar
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to dye; to colour; to color
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
world; society; people; the public
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
because of; owing to; due to
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task