every person; every mouth; every entrance
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
notice; attention; observation
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
at least; at most; (even) just
recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to ask a question; to ask questions
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
the same generation; coeval
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
such; like that; that sort of; very
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap