to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
suspicion that something is inferior (game, product, etc.)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
large pink (Dianthus superbus var. longicalycinus); woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
mailbox; letter box; mailbox; inbox
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
working adult; full-fledged member of society
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
verbalization; putting into words
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa