monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
physical condition; state of health
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
how many months?; how long?
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
since then; from that time; ever since
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
gender; distinction of sex; sex
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)