explanation; interpretation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
one-by-one; separately; in detail
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to be helpful; to be useful
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
children's story; fairy tale
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
ready-made; common-law (wife)
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
moderate; proper; just right
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
silence; stillness; quietness
chilly; unpleasantly cold
back; rear; background; behind the scenes