to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
waist; waistline; waist measurement
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
correction; rectification; mending; repair
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
electric appliance store; electrician
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
remembrance; recollection; recognition
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!