popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
late at night; at a late hour
witnessing; observing; sighting
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
school building; schoolhouse
here and there; everywhere
to peel off; to come off; to flake off
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
(security) guard; caretaker; janitor; doorkeeper; gatekeeper
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
many; much; plenty; hardly
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
same; similar; (just) like; equal
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to dance; to perform dance steps
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
even if not; even without
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
right under; directly below; right beneath