reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
(kanji) not in the jōyō list
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
long ago; once upon a time
to be saucy (of children); to be impudent; to be cheeky; to be sassy; to be precocious
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
speech; expression; wording; language
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
river; stream; River; the ... river
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
quibble; pointless argument
viewing as a problem; problematizing
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to skip over (while reading); to skim
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
above all; especially; particularly; all the more