air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
mass communication; mass media
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
grasp; catch; understanding
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
adviser; advisor; consultant
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point