to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
middle and high school; medium and high (level)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
function; facility; faculty; feature
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
feeling; sense; impression
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
brand name; trade name; product name
accurate; correct; precise; exact
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
bento; Japanese box lunch
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill