to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
evening meal; dinner; supper
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
close; intimate; on good terms
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
button (clothing); push-button; button
don't worry about it; forget about it
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
no, not like that (but like this)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to be kind to; to treat kindly
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
unfinished (letter, text, etc.); drafted (e.g. manuscript); half-written; partially finished
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
author; writer; novelist; artist
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)