mochi; (sticky) rice cake
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
corridor; hallway; passageway
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
state of mind; mentality; psychology
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
not worth considering; out of the question
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
how many people; a number of people
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
wherein; therein; thereinto
to collect information; to gather knowledge
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)