making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
more and more; increasingly; extremely; very
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
such; like that; that sort of; very
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
moving; touching; stirring
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
overall victory; championship
last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below