heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
(not so) much; (not) very
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
every year; yearly; annually
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to take a breath; to take a short rest
breath; breathing; tone; mood
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to shake; to sway; to waver
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
over the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation); back-fence
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
laws of nature; physical laws; physics