to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
movie; film; motion picture
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
such; like that; that sort of
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
at the time; in those days; then
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh