very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to be silent; to say nothing
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to feel; to sense; to experience
ten; 10; ten years of age
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what time; (lit.) which hour
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
difficult to ...; hard to ...
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
without; but if; otherwise; or else
feeling; sense; impression
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite