singing voice; (sound of) singing
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to unfold; to unroll; to open
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
(police) detective; criminal matter
victim; injured party; sufferer
family; members of a family
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
boiled and half-dried bonito
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
eruption; volcanic eruption
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
straying; wandering off course
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind