national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to find out; to discover; to locate
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
Masashi; Masasi (Tanzania)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
small restaurant; eating house