to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
consequence; outcome; result; blame
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to pass (of time); to elapse
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped