I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
had better ...; had better not ...
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
curfew; lockdown; grounding
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
end; close; conclusion; termination
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
school building; schoolhouse
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
reference data; reference material
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
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
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much