to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
secret; private; surreptitious
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
department store; department
underground train; subway
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
air conditioning; air cooling
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
writing; composition; essay; sentence
interval; break; pause; spare moment
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
imagination; supposition; guess
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience