personal history document; curriculum vitae; resume
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
more than usual (usu. time)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to smile broadly; to grin widely
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
priority; order of precedence
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
counter for (school) periods; nth period
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)