to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
how; in what way; how about
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
charcoal; charred remains
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
curse; spell; malediction
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
everyday life; daily life
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
failure; mistake; blunder
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
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
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more