as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
document; official papers
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
estimate (of costs); budget
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
collecting together and buying; doing a big shop
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
to detain; to check; to restrain
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt