the other day; lately; recently
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
older sister; elder sister
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be worried; to be troubled
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
professor; teaching; instruction
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to stimulate one's appetite; to whet one's appetite
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
(some) more; even more; longer; further
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike