obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
automatic; intransitive verb
taking up; winding; rolled paper
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
one by one; one each; one at a time
to set (sun); to become dark
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
amount of money; sum of money
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
aiueo-order; order of the kana syllabary
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
so; like this; in this way
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
university library; college library
library (usu. single-room); small library
if it is the case that ...
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
convenient; handy; useful
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
casting pearls before swine
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops