art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
at least; at most; (even) just
(not so) much; (not) very
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
understood; I see; OK; present; here
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
variation in color (colour); having a different color
name; given name; first name
sharing; division; draw; tie
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
alone; by oneself; on one's own
plural; multiple; several
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
genuine article; real thing; real deal
divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
I see; that's right; indeed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
having an ancient and honorable origin
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)