invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
at once; immediately; right now
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
nothing but; except; no more than
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
honorific/polite/humble prefix
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!