munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
door; gate; opening; title page
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
name plate; name tag; label
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
sexy; popular; well-liked
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
since when; from when; how long
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
with a friendly grin; smilingly