former name for makushita division
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to examine someone's expression
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
lingering scent; lingering fragrance; residual aroma
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
gem; jewel; precious stone
had better ...; had better not ...
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
letter; missive; note; mail
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
written word; written language
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest