increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to be silent; to say nothing
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)