difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
general idea; concept; notion
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
one-by-one; separately; in detail
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
context (of a passage); line of thought; context (of a matter, event, etc.); circumstances; background
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
novel; story; (work of) fiction
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
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
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
Chinese classical writing; Chinese classics; writing composed entirely of kanji
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to indicate; to show; to point to
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
older brother; elder brother
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do