the other day; lately; recently
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
ten; 10; ten years of age; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
before the end of this year
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
that's the way it is; such is life
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
full payment; liquidation
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances