character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
great laughter; burst of laughter
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to make merry; to be festive
just because; even if; even though
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding