polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
story; tale; talk; discussion
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
as usual; as is one's habit
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
imagination; supposition; guess
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be infected; to be contagious