to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
it seems so; that's what it looks like
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
had better ...; had better not ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
admiration; wonder; astonishment
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to feel; to sense; to experience
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to say; to be called; to do
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab