to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
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)
one by one; one after another; successively
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
snack; light meal; snack bar (usu. an establishment that serves alcohol); snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
history of Japan; Japanese history
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be partly responsible for; to have a part in; to play a role in
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
mixed race; mixed parentage
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
late at night; at a late hour
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity