fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
Lolita (fashion style); young girl; childlike young woman
age thirty; one's thirties
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
pitching ability; counter for pitches
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to jump at; to be attracted by
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
physical education; PE; gym (class)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to leap back; to jump back
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint