preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
at once; immediately; right now
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
don't worry about it; forget about it
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
senior high school student
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
going around; patrol; round; tour
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)