talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
annual (plant); first-year student
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
really; truly; indeed; good grief
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
now; the present time; just now; another; more
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
woman; female; feminine gender
sudden change; complete change
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
same; similar; (just) like; equal
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
imagination; supposition; guess