surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
how; in what way; by what means
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
feeling; sense; impression
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to have a talk; to tell a story
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come