bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
female friend; woman friend
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
anything and everything; just about everything
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
underground train; subway
vent; vent hole; air hole
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
Niigata (city, prefecture)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to (seem) eager to; to want to; to be anxious to
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low