to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to be surprised; to be astonished
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
merchant house employee; tradesman
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
in person; personally; directly
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
natural; reasonable; obvious
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
because of; owing to; due to