also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
myself; yourself; I; me; you
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
manners; behavior; behaviour
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
along the way; along the road
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to put into the mouth; to eat
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
originally; by nature; from the start
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to talk; to chat; to chatter
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on