aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
early on; earlier on; from early
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
steamed bun; steamed bread
art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
tradition; legend; folklore
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
finding employment; getting a job
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
older brother; elder brother
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
while; during; while; although; all; both
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)