amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
nursery school sleepover; one night sleepover at school in summer vacation of last year of nursery school
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
world; society; people; the public
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
even if not; even without
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
hieroglyph; hieroglyphic character
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
genius; prodigy; natural gift
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet