to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
sense of unity; sense of oneness
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
bento; Japanese box lunch
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
piece; fragment; one (object)
whereabout; about where; how much
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to snatch from; to steal from
you (plural); all of you; you all
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
close; intimate; on good terms
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else