coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
no!; no no!; no, not at all
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
last week; the week before
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
living thing; living creature; animal; life
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole