seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
three kinds; three varieties
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
change of schedule; schedule change
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others
exemplar; model; example; pattern
dripper (e.g. for making coffee)
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
research; study; investigation
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
the way one waits on customers; service attitude
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
preface; introduction; preamble