outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
in public; in company; in the presence of others
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
and yet; though; when; in spite of
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
feeling; sense; impression
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
lower half of the body; nether parts
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
upper half of the body; upper body
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes