how; in what way; how about; questionable
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
current value; price; market value
polite; courteous; hospitable
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
third day of the month; three days
going on a pleasure jaunt
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
fluent (in a language); flowing
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
silence (not speaking); muteness
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
how; in what way; by what means
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff