to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
lidded plastic container; Tupperware
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; this sort of; like this
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
moisture; humidity; dampness
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
the other day; a few days ago
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to be needed; to be wanted
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull