to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
advanced level; high grade; senior
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
considerably; fairly; quite
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
Ministry of Rites (Tang-dynasty China)
vice-minister; undersecretary
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
beginning; outset; first; onset
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
proofreading; correction of press; calibration
Fukushima (city, prefecture)