calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
one day; (on) a certain day
even though; despite; when
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
although I say; although one might say; although called
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
please (give me); please (do for me)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
leader of a charge; first to arrive
storefront; front of a store
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side