to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to correct oneself; to restate
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
junior high school student; middle school pupil
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship