to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
time; hour; period; class
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to throw into; to toss into
struggle (for); scramble; contest
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
company president; manager; director
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting