cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
form; shape; figure; visage
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
welcome!; nice to see you!
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet