talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
changing clothes; change of clothes
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
since when; from when; how long
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
meaning; significance; sense
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
anything and everything; just about everything
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
association; society; organization; organisation
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
Nagano (city, prefecture)
had better ...; had better not ...
home delivery (of food); outside catering