scene; sight; scenario; setting
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to run about; to rush about
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
department store; department
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be surprised; to be astonished
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
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
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
this world; this life; world of the living
to grow taller (of people)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
just past noon; afternoon