use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; stillness; quietness
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to pick up; to find; to gather
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
packing something in a bag; bagging
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
living thing; organism; creature; biology
living thing; living creature; animal; life
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
a find; windfall; bargain
treating (someone) like an object
to apologize; to apologise
second (unit of time); arc second
interruption; suspension; break