to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
representative; exemplary; model
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
popular person; favorite; favourite
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
number one; first; best; most; game; round
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to look forward to something
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total