lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
carving; engraving; sculpture
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
to spend time (on doing something)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
one more time; once more; once again
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
calm; composed; cool; quiet
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
eruption; volcanic eruption