white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
with a start; with a jump
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
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mental; spiritual; emotional
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece; magnum opus; major work
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to read (a book, etc.) over again
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
results; record; grades; marks
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
don't you think?; indicates question
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n