somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
home area; home town; local
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
(someone else's) daughter
drop (e.g. of water); drip
your husband; her husband
government worker; public servant; civil servant
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
until now; so far; up to the present
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago