slope; slanting surface; bevel
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
new student; freshman; first-year student
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
starting (construction) work
plan; protocol; manifest; program
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
direct appeal; direct petition
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
with a flap; with a snap; with a thud; with a crash; with a swish; with a rustle
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
no-good man; (male) loser
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
first generation; founder
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to finish reading; to read through
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen