makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
adds force or indicates command
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
surname; family name; last name
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
how; in what way; how about
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
although I say; although one might say; although called
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to turn towards; to point
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means