maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
adds force or indicates command
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to make laugh; to set to laughing
in that way; thus; so; so?
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
observation; survey; watching
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
suffix for familiar person
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch