determination; resolution
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
live music or performance
lower seat; seat at bottom of the table
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
surely; certainly; without doubt
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
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.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to bite off; to gnaw through
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
rough fence of bamboo, logs, etc. constructed at battle sites or execution grounds
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
pre-war days; before the war
(United States of) America; USA
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
convenience; service; facility; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error