willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
such; this sort of; like this
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
to pass (of time); to elapse
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
solitude; loneliness; isolation