not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
holding hands with fingers interlocked
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
first thing in the morning
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to show up; to appear; to turn up
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
conversely; on the contrary
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
gifted education; special education for gifted children
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to have an idea; to have a clue
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for