-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
just past noon; afternoon
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
book; volume; this; present; main; head
how; in what way; how about
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice