dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
common folk (somewhat insulting); commoner
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
woman who likes comics depicting male homosexual love
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
older sister; elder sister
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to look down on; to condescend
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
to speak ill of; to disparage
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
attentive; scrupulous; tactful; tasteful; smart
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to be too numerous; to be too much
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to become attached; to begin to love
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
early on; earlier on; from early
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
from what (I've) seen; given that ...