hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to accompany; to go with; to go together
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
living room (Western style); sitting room
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
shopping; purchased goods
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to pass (of time); to elapse
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed