mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
karoshi; death from overwork
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
novel; original; new; innovative
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
by myself; in person; by oneself
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
instead; but (on the other hand)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
it is I who should say so
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
half and half; fifty-fifty
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
of course; certainly; naturally
near; close; beside; third person
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to be absorbed in reading
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)