senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to turn towards; to point
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
existence; possession; having; limited company
name; given name; first name
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
convenient; handy; useful
sound (of a sentence); euphony
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
godparent; first person to give something its name
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
foreign; abroad; overseas
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?