(police) detective; criminal matter
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
please (give me); please (do for me)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
recreation; diversion; relaxation
un-; non-; negative prefix
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
such; like that; that sort of; very
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
such ... as; or some such
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
gender; distinction of sex; sex