interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
sender; consignor; remitter
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
emergency staircase; fire escape
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
noncommittal; equivocal; indecisive; evasive; ambiguous; vague
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
reaction; response; reaction
beyond that point; after that
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
individual; private person; personal; natural person
game; match; contest; competition; sport; (sporting) event
coach; coaching; training
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
handrail; railing; banister
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold