common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
(a place) within one's reach
even though; despite; when
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
had better ...; had better not ...
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
one's person; around one's person
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to be found; to be discovered
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
everything; anything; nothing
directions; instructions; orders; command