favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
please (give me); please (do for me)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
close; intimate; on good terms
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
outside of; not covered by
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
reality; actuality; hard fact
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
formal marriage interview
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
just a minute; small quantity
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
don't you think?; indicates question
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how can (one) do something
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something