to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
manly; masculine; like a man
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
bento; Japanese box lunch
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
elder sister; effeminate man
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
if so; in that case; in that situation
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
older sister; elder sister
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
just a minute; small quantity