receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
story; tale; talk; discussion
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
that; the matter in question
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
passion; temper; irritability
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
indicate reason; infers some protest
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
at least; at most; (even) just
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)