fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
living together (with one more person)
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
failure; mistake; blunder
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
store interior; inside of a shop
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
(abbr) Harvard (University)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
senior high school; high school
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to