method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
third day of the month; three days
to pass (of time); to elapse
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
(someone else's) child; child; kid
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me