origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
competitive swimming; swimming race
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
plastic (usu. of bags); vinyl
play equipment; playground equipment
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
secondhand article; secondhand goods; used item
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
senior high school student
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
charming; fascinating; attractive
to feel; to sense; to experience
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger