fan-tan (card game); sevens; parliament
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
ten; 10; ten years of age
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to gather; to collect; to assemble
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
deviation; departure; omission
to flare up; to burst into flames
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to be out of focus; to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
home area; home town; local
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic