copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
why; how; for what reason
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
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
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
there; over there; that place; that far; that much; that point
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
competitive swimming; swimming race
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
separate; special; another; separately
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound