to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
father; dad; husband; you; he
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
magic; sorcery; incantation
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
(physical) growth; development
Girls' Day; Dolls' Festival; Hinamatsuri; menstrual day; menstrual period
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
to be bewildered; to be perplexed