slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
chair; stool; post; office; position
correspondence education; correspondence course; distance education
really; truly; indeed; good grief
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
loveable; very likeable; like very much
weekly publication; weekly magazine
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
much-talked-about; recently popular; in vogue
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
genuine article; real thing; real deal
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
(political) power; authority; influence
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor