making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
feel (of a material); texture
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to collect; to assemble; to gather
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
book; volume; this; present; main; head
preliminary investigation; preparation
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
indeed; really; truly; very much
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
and; thereupon; because of that
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
name; given name; first name
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
that's the way it is; such is life
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)