recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
question; inquiry; enquiry
subscriber; reader; admirer
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
senior high school student
future (usually near); prospects
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with