slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
opposite side; other side; other party
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
this and that; one thing and another
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
from the beginning; from scratch
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
general idea; concept; notion
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
on the way home from work; returning from work
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry
to disturb the water; to wake a sleeping dog; (lit.) to wake a sleeping child
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
like that; that way; thus
one's original family name; maiden name
Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica); spotted laurel; lush, green tree
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite