speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
product; produce; result; fruit
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
real thing; original; actual
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
alternately; by turns; one after the other
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
primary school; elementary school; grade school
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
sympathy; compassion; pity
to laugh away; to laugh off
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish