raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
light; easy; non-serious; minor
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
number of times; frequency; count
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
late at night; at a late hour
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
desperately; for one's dear life
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
bento; Japanese box lunch
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)