centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
of no interest; not interested
with a friendly grin; smilingly
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
and then; and so; and; so then
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
such; this sort of; like this
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to triumph; to be elated with success
to detain; to check; to restrain
casual speech; peer language; informal language
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
Mach (number); (at a) fast speed
link; directory entry; rink
to come and see (someone, something); to visit