foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
participation; joining; entry; adherence
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
homeless; homeless person
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
public holiday; national holiday
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
change of course (ship); steering in a different direction
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
treating someone like a child
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as