to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
front; frontage; facade; main
tall figure; high stature
schoolgirl; female student
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
adds force or indicates command
ex-husband; former husband
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
incident; affair; happening; event
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
snake; serpent; large snake
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become