polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
secret; private; surreptitious
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to triumph; to be elated with success
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
many; much; plenty; hardly
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
good humour (humor); good mood
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
production output; number of goods manufactured
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Yamanashi prefecture (Chūbu area)
at least; at most; (even) just
to be worried; to be troubled
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
Tottori prefecture (Chūgoku area)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
Tottori (city, prefecture)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)