to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
older sister; lass; young lady
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
man; male; masculine gender
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
(social) position; status
use; utilization; utilisation; application
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
company; corporation; workplace
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
company president; manager; director
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant