wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
explosion; rupture; break off
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
open field; empty lot; plain
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
to remember; to keep in mind
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
start of work; commencement; opening
to trample; to crush underfoot
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
elective subject or course
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
deaf person; hearing-impaired person
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
elementary level; beginner level
personal guidance; tutoring
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
hearing-impaired person; person with hearing difficulties; deaf person
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)