local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
observation; survey; watching
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to like; to love; to be fond of
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
near oneself; close to one; familiar
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty
negotiations; discussions; connection
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
curious; strange; unusual
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
royalty and titled nobility