department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
such a thing; something like that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
incident; affair; happening; event
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
last week; the week before
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
something; nothing (with neg. verb)