confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
why; how; for what reason
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
actor; actress; player; performer
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
Japanese history; history of Japan
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember