perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
name; given name; first name
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
book; volume; this; present; main; head
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
popular name; common name; given name
and; thereupon; because of that
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
I see; that's right; indeed
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)