wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
tottering steps; drunken staggering
lately; recently; these days
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
program director; programme director; facilitator; steering committee (chair)
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
business trip; official trip
habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis); yellow-spotted pit viper
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
all right; very well; okay; I got it
large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
very interesting; of great interest
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
morning; forenoon; just before noon
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
concealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
your (visual) observation
inscrutable; incomprehensible
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability