yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
such; like that; that sort of
question; inquiry; enquiry
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by myself; in person; by oneself
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
senior high school student
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
nothing but; except; no more than
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
danger; peril; hazard; risk
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
how; in what way; how about
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence