department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
living thing; living creature; animal; life
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
record keeper; recorder; archivist
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
promotion; raising of status
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
if it is (the case that ...)
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
observation; survey; watching
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to raise one's voice; to shout
two times; twice; two degrees
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
why; how; for what reason
this and that; this or that; one thing after another