to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
junior high school student; middle school pupil
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to apologize; to apologise
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
relatively; comparatively
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
cooperation; collaboration
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
until now; so far; up to the present
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Matsuzaki Shigeru (1949.11-)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine