to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
street; quarter; district; area
receipt; cash-register slip
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
at first; initially; in the beginning
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
English-language newspaper
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
such; this sort of; like this
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate