truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
summer vacation; summer holiday
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
homecoming; returning home
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
don't you think?; indicates question
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
family; members of a family
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
1000 ri; (a) long distance
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
production (e.g. play); direction
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing