Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
by myself; in person; by oneself
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
it is I who should say so
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
feeling; sense; impression
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
hit-and-run accident causing property damage
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
spiritual; religious song; spiritual
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
fortune-telling; divination
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see