happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to apologize; to apologise
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
heart attack; myocardial infarction
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
contrived; false-sounding
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
master; teacher; stable master
directions; instructions; orders; command
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
accurate; flawless; perfectly ordered; without deviation
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to read the situation; to sense the mood
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop