huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
performer; entertainer; celebrity
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
family; members of a family
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
failure; mistake; blunder
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to rank next to; to come after
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
in proportion to; just as much as
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
regret; repentance; remorse
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
company; corporation; workplace
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement