no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
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
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
color scheme; colour scheme
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
such; like that; that sort of
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation