hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
dental brushing; brushing one's teeth; dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
lucky color; lucky colour
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
residing; living; dwelling
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
anonymity; using an assumed name
man; male; masculine gender
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
new life (esp. after retirement); postretirement life
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
loveable; very likeable; like very much
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem