you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
start of work; commencement; opening
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
pupil; student; schoolchild
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
standard; set; routine; decided
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
life; living; I; me; student
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
true state; actual condition; reality
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
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)
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
female high-school student