year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
second day of the month; two days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
just one person; only one
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
overall victory; championship
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
falling from bicycle, motorcycle, etc. while driving (esp. in a race)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no