foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
relatively; comparatively
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
one's family (home) background (environment)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
considerably; fairly; quite
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
senior high school student
how many years; how long; what year
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to be at a loss for words
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with