former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
sympathy; empathy; response
connection; link; relationship
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to think too much; to be over-concerned
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
how; in what way; I wonder
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
and; thereupon; because of that
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)