look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
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
older sister; elder sister
together; at the same time; same; identical
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
all present; all concerned; all of us
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
lately; recently; nowadays
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
arm; skill; efforts; ability
memory; sense; experience
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
eldest child; oldest child; child who carries on the family name; (arch.) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (arch.) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission