to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
adds force or indicates command
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
how; in what way; by what means
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
lost article; something forgotten
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
stealthily; secretly; in secret
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
the other day; lately; recently
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
originally; by nature; from the start
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking