willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
but; however; provided that
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
living together (with one more person)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to do together; to share; to participate in
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
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)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
had better ...; had better not ...
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
guardian; protector; patron; parent
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
bento; Japanese box lunch
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal