exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
no!; no no!; no, not at all
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
bento; Japanese box lunch
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
unmarried person living affluently
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
beyond that point; after that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF