to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
Lolita (fashion style); young girl; childlike young woman
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage