school building; schoolhouse
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
stairs; stairway; staircase
to stop walking; to pause
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
established by a ward; ward; municipal
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
superior; excellent; fine
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to provide; to arrange; to install
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
acoustic engineering; acoustical engineering
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.); collar area
mesh; grid; highlight in the hair; streaked hair
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)