busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill
bento; Japanese box lunch
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
honorific/polite/humble prefix
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
no!; no no!; no, not at all
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
suffix for familiar person
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
arrest; apprehension; capture
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble