year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
in spite of; regardless of
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
race (of people); type of person
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
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
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
I see; that's right; indeed
that; the matter in question
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
request; appeal; claim; purchase
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree