doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
though; notwithstanding; although
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to read (a book, etc.) over again
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to some extent; to a certain extent
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
yoke; constraints; oppression
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance