just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
literally; to the letter; literal
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
item; article; dish; course; finest item
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
interior; inside; internal
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
life; living; I; me; student
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays