instant; moment; for an instant
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say