to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in that way; thus; so; so?
older sister; elder sister
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
bent back; hunchback; stoop
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
it is not (like that) either
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
company; corporation; workplace
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing