plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
burned down; entirely destroyed
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
to be found; to be discovered
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
serious wound; serious injury
in the hospital; hospitalized
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
by myself; in person; by oneself
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)