expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
other side; opposite side; other party
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to creep about; to crawl around
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
as you see; as you can see
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show