preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
healing item; health item
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
temple; shrine; sanctuary
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
things at hand; personal belongings
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
blue; sad; down (in the dumps)
yellow; yellow card; Asian; Oriental
with a boom; with a crash; with a rumble
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
five colors (esp. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
stomach ache; abdominal pain
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
entry; going into; approach
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
operation; functioning; running
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
smallish; on the small side
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)