mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
chōchin; yakitori skewer of chicken oviduct meat and immature egg yolks
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
pressure; oppression; suppression
by means of; due to; because of; according to
death by suffocation; death by choking