funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
observation; survey; watching
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
university student; college student
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
in the same way as; just like
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
please; somehow or other; one way or another
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to feel; to sense; to experience
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out