to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
timewasting; killing time
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
indeed; really; truly; very much
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
script; libretto; scenario
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
dōjinshi; magazine published by like-minded people; fanzine; zine
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
logo; Logo (programming language)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to complain; to make a complaint
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
how long; how far; how much
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
conference room; council room
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
corridor; hallway; passageway
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
vexing; irritating; impatient
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
severe criticism; damnation