top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
department (faculty) of literature
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
writing something on commission; newly written text
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
short pause; short interval
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
kanji "rice paddy" radical at left (radical 102)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed