to collect; to assemble; to gather
training; education; development; cultivation
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
classical form of martial art
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to serve; to work for; to attend
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
now that you say that; now that you mention it
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to see through; to see the true nature of something
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
housing district; residential district
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long