tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to spread; to be propagated
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to breathe out; to exhale
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
time; hour; period; class
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
digital versatile disc; DVD
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
open day; open house; day when prospective students can visit a university
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
parting; separation; farewell
primary school; elementary school; grade school
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport