hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
Summer Tournament (held in Tokyo in May)
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
belief; faith; conviction
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
number of times; frequency; count
to increase; to add to; to augment
corpulence; fatness; obesity
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
self-torturing; masochistic
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
sorrowful (e.g. person, scene, etc.); melancholic
from morning to evening; all day long
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
order; sequence; procedure
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
the other day; lately; recently
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
eating lightly (to save money, food, calories, etc.)
to be in the process of doing
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten