habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
still; even now; to this day
to be muddy; to be slushy
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
still; as yet; as it has been
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to take; to catch; to capture
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
graduation ceremony; commencement
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
hit (film, song, book, etc.); bestseller; blockbuster
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)