to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
detour; circumvention; turning movement
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
choice; selection; option
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
play equipment; playground equipment
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
boy; son; baby boy; young man
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...