present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
stray sheep; lost lamb; (fig.) person at a loss for what to do
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
loveable; very likeable; like very much
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
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
failure; mistake; blunder
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(medical) doctor; physician
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
depressive state (e.g. of manic depression); depressive condition
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)