to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
please (give me); please (do for me)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
elder sister; effeminate man
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
close to the wall; alongside the wall
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river