close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
speech; expression; wording; language
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Nagano (city, prefecture)
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
in that manner; like that
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
common people; ordinary people; masses
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
to join forces; to cooperate
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to gather; to collect; to assemble
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance