opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to be kind to; to treat kindly
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
if so; in that case; in that situation
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
tenth day of the month; ten days
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
close; intimate; on good terms
anything and everything; just about everything
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
understood; I see; OK; present; here
fragile article; breakables; broken article
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
air guitar (imaginary instrument used when pretending to play the guitar)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
changing clothes; change of clothes
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
along the road; along the way
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face