wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
passage; path; route; one's way
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season