appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
premature death; untimely death; dying young
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
look!; there!; here!; that is
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
accounting; administration (of money)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
all; entire; whole; altogether
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to have a talk; to tell a story