don't you think?; indicates question
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
poisoning; kill by poison
health; healthy; sound; fit
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
general term; generic name
action; operation; effect; function
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
application (of ointment, etc.)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
event; phenomenon; matter
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
flying column; detached force
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to call each other; to call out to one another
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to thrust down; to push off
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy