police; police officer; police station
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to rise; to erect; to get up
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to say; to be called; to do
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
telephone call; telephone (device)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
honorific/polite/humble prefix
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to feel; to sense; to experience
clearing one's throat; cough
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be found; to be discovered
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
had better ...; had better not ...
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?