seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
to rest one's chin in one's hands
television program; TV program
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
television advertising; television commercial
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
full dress; formal dress; uniform
handle; grip; stalk (of a mushroom, leaf, etc.)
Meguro City (special ward of Tokyo); Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
small wooden Japanese toy that flies when spun between the palms of one's hands
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
main building (as opposed to an annex, outbuilding, etc.); this library; this museum; this theatre
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness