beginning; outset; first; onset
face; looks; vestiges; trace
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time; season; period; phase; stage
when it becomes; when it comes to
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell