meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
close-cropped hair; shaven head
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
the whole year; all the year
to move around; to move about; to get around
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
don't you think?; indicates question
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
both (people); the two of them
close; intimate; on good terms
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to