to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
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recommendation; referral; endorsement
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
meaning; significance; sense
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
watching while standing (e.g. a play)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
time; hour; period; class
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
story; tale; talk; discussion
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
wherein; therein; thereinto
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
to pass (of time); to elapse
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
don't you think?; indicates question
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
reading matter; reading material