grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to read the situation; to sense the mood
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to complain; to make a complaint
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards
one by one; one each; one at a time
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
man; male; masculine gender
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
again; once more; a second time
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass