ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite
how many people; a number of people
ability; capability; competence; skill
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
something; some kind of; for some reason
with a start; with a jump
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
does not match (one's, its) appearance
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to hand over; to surrender
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
no!; no no!; no, not at all
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
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)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
increase and decrease; fluctuation
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
fan service; giving one's fans what they want
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
festival; feast; carnival
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...