occasional; infrequent; rare
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
murder-suicide; forced double or multiple suicide
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning
two departments (under the ritsuryō system: the Dept. of State and the Dept. of Worship)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
apt to think; tend to think
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty