trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
older brother; elder brother
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
absence from work without permission
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
smelling of men; reeking of male body odor; manly; macho
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
wide difference; a world of difference
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
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)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
together; at the same time; same; identical
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)