request; favour (to ask); wish; please
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
adds force or indicates command
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
how; in what way; how about
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to be pulled in (fish); to be landed