good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
wearing one's hair in braids
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
standard; set; routine; decided
wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
favorite; favourite; habitually used
all; entire; whole; altogether
cold noodles (in Korean style); chilled Chinese noodles; cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
please (give me); please (do for me)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
Kobayashi Maya (1979.7.12-)
together; at the same time; same; identical
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
woman or girl who acts cute by playing innocent and helpless
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
woman; female; feminine gender
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
book; volume; this; present; main; head
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
meaning; significance; sense
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result