should; must; -able; probably; likely
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to cease; to stop; to be over
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
please (give me); please (do for me)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional