a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
return match (esp. boxing); rematch
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
Japan and the United States; Japanese-American
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to frolic about; to mess around
such; this sort of; like this
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to increase; to add to; to augment
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
some people; a few people; several people
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
slope; slanting surface; bevel
conditionally; with conditions attached
recovery; rescue; recapture
duty; function; office; mission; task
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain