even if; even though; however; no matter how
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
in that way; like that; that way
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to become possible; to become able to (do)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
when it becomes; when it comes to
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
how; in what way; how about
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate