to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
world; society; people; the public
concealment; suppression; hiding
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
rise; improvement; uptrend
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
loser; defeated person; the defeated
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
joint together; opposite; facing
adds force or indicates command
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; amusing; funny; comical
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
all; entire; whole; altogether
uninteresting; boring; not amusing; not fun
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)