transactions; dealings; business
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to lead a life; to live a life
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
to make merry; to be festive
everything; anything; nothing
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to cause laughter; to extract a smile