opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
so; like this; in this way
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to gather; to collect; to assemble
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
such; like that; that sort of; very
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
individual; private person; personal; private
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
hard struggle; strenuous effort
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to