hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation ceremony; commencement
senior high school; high school
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
primary school; elementary school; grade school
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
present; gift; to give a present or gift
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
it is not (like that) either
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
all; entire; whole; altogether
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful