to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to be at a loss for words
offense; offence; method of attack
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
study; diligence; discount; reduction
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
to replace; to move; to change the position of
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
mountain road; mountain trail
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something