abusive language; foul language
sympathy; empathy; response
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to be silent; to say nothing
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
considerably; fairly; quite
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
hair style; coiffure; hairdo