notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
studying very hard; studying like mad
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
washing; laundry; relaxation; rejuvenation; melting away (of worries, fatigue, etc.)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
enterprise; business; company; corporation
company president; manager; director
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
indigenous language; local language; vernacular; native tongue
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women; BL; bill of lading; BL; brushless
such; like that; that sort of
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
with a clink (click, clack)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
love; love (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
relation; connection; relevance
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
for example; for instance; e.g.
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)