to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
number one; first; best; most; game; round
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
light blue; pale blue; aqua
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
man; male; masculine gender
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
two persons; two people; pair; couple
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
name; given name; first name
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to grimace; to make a wry face
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to mistake (A for B); to misread
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
what do you want?; can I help you?