while; even though; despite
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
considerably; fairly; quite
height (of body); stature
difference; variation; difference
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
observation; survey; watching
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
book; volume; this; present; main; head
new book; new publication
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
library; book collection; paperback book
shopping; purchased goods
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know