formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
telephone call; telephone (device)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
to say; to tell; to state; to do
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
order (to an employee from management)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to be infected; to be contagious
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)