to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
that day; the very same day
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
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)
it is not (like that) either
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
commuting to school; school commute
time; hour; period; class
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom