difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to relax; to feel at home
older sister; elder sister
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
promotion (school, military, etc.)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task