lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
to pick up; to find; to gather
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
such; this sort of; like this
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
beginning; outset; first; onset
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
had better ...; had better not ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
(piece of) rope; ordinary method