fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
patisserie; pastry shop; French-style pastry
burner; nozzle; origin of a fire
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
gianduja (chocolate containing hazelnut paste); gianduia
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
otome game; dating simulation game with a female protagonist and male love interests
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
in comparison to; rather than
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof