to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
(an) Asian beauty; woman fitting traditional Asian beauty standards
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
society; the world; the times
Respect for the Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
automatic; intransitive verb
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
such; this sort of; like this
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
every year; yearly; annually
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
life; living; I; me; student
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case