intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
discomfort index; temperature-humidity index
most attractive feature (of a person)
mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
favourite book; favorite book
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
in bad taste; problematic; of poor character
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
kindergartener; preschooler
one's post; place of work; workplace
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month