effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
lovers talk; sweet nothings
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
considerably; fairly; quite
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
voice training; vocal exercises
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
what kind of business; what sort of matter
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
suffix for familiar person
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
if it is the case that ...
neighborhood council; neighbourhood council; residents' association; student council
safety department; security department
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
last week; the week before
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience