coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to redeem (from sin); to save
is that so?; I see; right; oh
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
people; men and women; each person; everybody
speaking voice; talking voice
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
old woman; joker (in old maid)
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
how; in what way; how about
all present; all concerned; all of us
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...