to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
entertainment; amusement; fun
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to manage something successfully; to be successful
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
trend of the times; way things are going
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)