important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
thought; consideration; thinking
reality; actuality; hard fact
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
indeed; really; truly; very much
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
construction; architecture (of buildings)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
loud sound; loud reverberation
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
child; childish person; immature person
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal