to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
plectrum (for a shamisen, biwa, etc.); pick; drumstick (for taiko); mallet (for a gong); beater
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
weather; fair weather; fine weather
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring
to chase; to run after; to pursue
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
second (unit of time); arc second
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent