like; similar to; as with; in the same way
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
ticket-collector; collecting tickets
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
three; three years of age
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
woman; lady; adult female
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
young master; young gentleman
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
torii; Shinto shrine archway
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why