to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
considerably; greatly; a lot
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
company president; manager; director
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
older employee who does not have much actual work
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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
instead; but (on the other hand)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
passion; enthusiasm; zeal