to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
proper; respectable; decent; honest
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
being on duty; person on duty
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
after school (at the end of the day)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox