direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
member of the House of Councillors
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
honorific/polite/humble prefix
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
support; backing; aid; assistance
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
working; being employed; being hired
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
until now; so far; up to the present
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
pride; boast; credit (to)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
common people; ordinary people; masses