bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
being concerned about or mindful of
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
every evening; night after night
by myself; in person; by oneself
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
why; how; for what reason
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to be silent; to say nothing
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to grow up; to become an adult