secret; private; surreptitious
to be surprised; to be astonished
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
beginning; outset; first; onset
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
trivial; not amounting to much
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan