reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
area of holiday homes; area of villas
article; news story; report; account
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
father; dad; husband; you; he
Utsunomiya (city in Tochigi)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
among these; between these; of these
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good