extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
such; like that; that sort of
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
failure; mistake; blunder
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
3000; three thousand; many
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...