absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
letter; missive; note; mail
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
two persons; two people; pair; couple
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
suffix for familiar person
honorific/polite/humble prefix
article to be delivered; present
genuine article; real thing; real deal
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
primary school; elementary school; grade school
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo