to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
document; official papers
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
pastel color; pastel colour
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
ago; since; before; previous
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis