tone (of voice); manner of talking
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
way of talking; speaking style
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
Doraemon (manga by Fujiko F. Fujio; media franchise)
(small) stone; rock; pebble
convenient; handy; useful
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
don't you think?; indicates question
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
the opposite direction; the other way
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered