character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
by myself; in person; by oneself
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
function; facility; faculty; feature
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
good feeling; feeling good
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to have time free; to have time to spare
good feeling; feeling good
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to go out and away; to leave
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
eating quickly; speed-eating
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing