necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
fast-talking; rapid talking
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
as a child; when one was a child