I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
have a good day; take care; see you
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
(licensed) red light district
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
surely; certainly; without doubt
study group; study meeting
my husband; one's family; family member
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
woman; female; feminine gender
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto)
girls' high school (pre-WWII)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.