honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
scenery; scene; landscape
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
third time lucky; third time's the charm
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
killing an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; blood offering; killing violently; bloodbath; victimizing
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
trio; gang of three; threesome
men's language; male language
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries
cock-a-doodle-doo (sound made by cockerels, roosters); cockerel; rooster (childish term)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
breeding; raising; rearing