a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
go that far; to that extent
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
that's the way it is; such is life
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
offender; criminal; culprit
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
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
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
adds force or indicates command