blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
don't you think?; indicates question
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
long ago; previous; of a former age
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
woman; female; feminine gender
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
man; male; masculine gender
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
shopping; purchased goods
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
senior high school; high school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)