slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
whichever one chooses; either way
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
in person; personally; directly
to kill; to beat to death
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
attendance (at school); going to school
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
window; window (shop display)
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
up until now; as recently as the present
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam