suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
power; might; authority; influence
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to be worried; to be troubled
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
by myself; in person; by oneself
putting into operation; invocation
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
curse; spell; malediction
item; something that one "just has to have"
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
several years; a few years
decrease; reduction; decline
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
woman; female; feminine gender
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
that is to say; so that means
book; volume; this; present; main; head
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity