grasp; catch; understanding
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to be too numerous; to be too much
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
authority; power; function
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to try all possible means
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to look around; to survey
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
condition; state (of health); appearance
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
by today; before the day is over
to be able to manage somehow or another
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
tall figure; high stature
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
apparently; appears to be
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.