to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
older brother; elder brother
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
professor; teaching; instruction
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
how long; how much; to what extent
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be helpful; to be useful
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
older sister; elder sister
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that