to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
unselfishness; wanting little
to repeat; to do something over again
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
that's the way it is; such is life
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)