unbelievable; incredible; implausible
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
slant eyes; almond-shaped eyes; eyes that are turned up at the corners
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
taste; palate; sense of taste
meaning; significance; sense
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
difference; variation; difference
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to rise; to erect; to get up
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)