character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
in this way; thus; such; uh...
superstition; superstitious belief
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
really; truly; indeed; good grief
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
continuation; succession; series
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
it is I who should say so
judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review
(committee) chairman; president
congratulation; celebration
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
leading person; foremost figure
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
in one's own way or style
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)