positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
modesty; humility; being humble
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
measure; measuring tape; measuring
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of