some; several; many; how many; how much; very
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to recover consciousness; to come to
to be prolonged; to drag on
miser; penny-pincher; one who makes nigirizushi, etc.; handle; grip
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
solitude; loneliness; isolation
pure literature; belles-lettres
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
place; situation; position; location
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
frequent; densely packed; thick
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
how many years; how long; what year
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
insight; power of observation
admiration; wonder; astonishment
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)