enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
don't you think?; indicates question
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
sorry; excuse me; thank you
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
summer insect; summer insects
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
very young; little; childish; immature
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
myself; yourself; I; me; you
of course; certainly; naturally
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic