claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
silence; stillness; quietness
very loud volume; megavolume
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
really; truly; indeed; good grief
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to squeeze out; to wring out
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
important; momentous; essential; principal; major