cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
such; this sort of; like this
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
value; worth; virtue; blessing
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
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talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
had better ...; had better not ...
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
that's too bad; too bad for you!
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be damaged; to receive damage
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable