ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
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
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
family; members of a family
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
knowing; (an) acquaintance
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
how; in what way; how about
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
postwar period; period after Second World War
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last