to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
how long; how far; how much
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
weak child; frail child; gangly child
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
riskiness; (level of) danger
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
the way back; the way home; return trip
ropeway; cableway; aerial lift; cable car
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
vicious circle; vicious cycle
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
one person; another name; nickname; alias
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
recommendation; endorsement
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.