superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
results; record; grades; marks
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
(not) even once; (not) ever
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
preference; priority; precedence
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to jump at; to be attracted by
moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)
look!; there!; here!; that is
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to move (house); to change residence
new building; new construction
social integration (esp. of burakumin); assimilation; burakumin
residence; housing; residential building
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
ago; since; before; previous