outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
desperately; for one's dear life
even though; despite; when
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
calm; composed; cool; quiet
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
serves you right!; see what happens!
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
time (three times, each time, etc.); times