hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
just because; even if; even though
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
loveable; very likeable; like very much
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
article; news story; report; account
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to talk; to chat; to chatter
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...