giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to warm (up); to heat (up)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
to be helpful; to be useful
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to open (one's eyes) wide
indeed; really; truly; very much
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
for example; for instance; e.g.
very interesting; of great interest
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
raw materials; ingredients
such; this sort of; like this
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
royal capital; imperial capital