fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
handsome man; actor in a love scene
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
number of words; vocality
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
super cute; extremely cute
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
a little bit; a little while
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
shouts used when viewing fireworks (from names of Edo-period fireworks vendors)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling