flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
imagination; supposition; guess
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
feeling; sense; impression
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
anterior cruciate ligament; ACL
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth