parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
3000; three thousand; many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to shake; to sway; to waver
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare