to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
the same generation; coeval
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to have a talk; to tell a story
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
without; but if; otherwise; or else
journey; route of a journey
speculation; thinking; meditation
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
inside; interior; inner part
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to be nearing death; to be dying
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (on a forum); read-only member
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to loiter around; to wander about
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel