beginning; outset; first; onset
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
people who lived in Kyushu in ancient times, and who opposed the state of Yamato
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
(some) more; even more; longer; further
in this way; thus; such; uh...
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to bail out (water); to scoop out
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she