thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
considerably; greatly; a lot
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
in that way; thus; so; so?
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
life; living; I; me; student
accumulating good deeds; doing good
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude