service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
delicious; appetizing; appetising
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
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.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
post box on the front door; letterbox
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in